Crick (Noun)
Meaning 1
English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British).
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- She woke up with a severe crick in her neck that made it hard to turn her head.
- After sleeping on the floor, he developed a crick in his back that lasted for days.
- The athlete's crick in his hamstring muscle forced him to withdraw from the competition.
- The long road trip left her with a crick in her lower back that made it painful to sit.
- He got a crick in his neck from sitting at his computer for too long without taking a break.