Meaning

2 senses

  1. (dialectal)To twist; turn

    twist suddenly so as to sprain

  2. (dialectal)To wrench; strain

Origin

From Middle English wricken, probably from Middle Dutch wricken (Modern Dutch wrikken (“to

From Middle English wricken, probably from Middle Dutch wricken (Modern Dutch wrikken (“to wriggle”)) or Middle Low German wricken (“to move jerkily; sprain”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”).

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Forms

wricks, wricking, wricked, wricked
Base formwrick · to wrick
3rd person singularwricks
Present participlewricking
Past simplewricked
Past participlewricked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywrick
he, she, itwricks

Past simpleLesson

all personswricked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wricked
he, she, ithas wricked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wrick

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wretchwretchedwretchedlywretchednesswrigglewrightwring
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