crick (n.)

  1. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick and `wrick are British)

    [ Syn: kink , rick , wrick ]

  2. English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)

    [ Syn: crick , francis crick , francis henry compton crick ]

    crick (v.)

  1. twist (a body part) into a strained position; crick your neck'

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