crick
A painful stiffness in some part of the body, like the neck or back, which makes it…A painful stiffness in some part of the body, like the neck or back, which makes it difficult to move the affected body part for some time; a cramp.
» I woke up with a crick in my neck.
Я проснулся с растяжением шеи. — odexed
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3 sensesA painful stiffness in some part of the body, like the neck or back, which makes it difficult to move the affected body part for some time; a cramp.
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
A small jackscrew.
The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
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From Middle English crike, crykke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), attested since the 1400sFrom 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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