verb · intransitive · rare

crick

crick · cricks · cricked · cricking

To develop a crickTo develop a crick (cramp, spasm).

/kɹɪk/

» I woke up with a crick in my neck.

Я проснулся с растяжением шеи.

Meaning

4 senses

To develop a crick (cramp, spasm).
To cause to develop a crick; to create a crick in.
To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.
(intransitive)To make a sharp, penetrating sound; chirp.

More definitions

twist (a body part) into a strained position

Examples

2 sentences

I woke up with a crick in my neck.
ruЯ проснулся с растяжением шеи.
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Francis Crick was one of the discoverers of DNA's structure.
ruФрэнсис Крик был одним из первооткрывателей структуры ДНК.
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Origin

From Middle English crike, crykke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), attested since the 1400s

From Middle English crike, crykke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), attested since the 1400s. Likely related to Old Norse kriki (“bend; nook”), whence also crick (“creek”) and creek.

Uncertain. Possibly an alteration of creak; or perhaps from Middle English crikken, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, or Proto-West Germanic *krakkjan

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Forms

cricks, cricking, cricked, cricked

Base form	crick · to crick
3rd person singular	cricks
Present participle	cricking
Past simple	cricked
Past participle	cricked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	crick
he, she, it	cricks

Past simpleLesson

all persons

cricked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have cricked
he, she, it	has cricked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will crick

Word family

2 related words

Derivedcricky uncrick

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle