wrick
wrick · wricks
A painful muscular spasm in the neck or backA painful muscular spasm in the neck or back
Meaning
1 sensesA painful muscular spasm in the neck or back
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
Origin
From Middle English wricken, probably from Middle Dutch wricken (Modern Dutch wrikken (“toFrom 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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