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Definition of Crick

1. Verb. Twist (a body part) into a strained position. "Crick your neck"

2. Noun. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British).

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

Definition of Crick

1. n. The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.

2. n. A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part.

Definition of Crick

1. Proper noun. A village in Northamptonshire, England ¹

2. Proper noun. A habitational surname derived from the placename ¹

3. Proper noun. Francis Crick co-discoverer of the structure of DNA ¹

4. Noun. A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (Compare catch.) ¹

5. Noun. A small jackscrew. ¹

6. Verb. to violently spasm. ¹

7. Noun. (Appalachian) (alternative form of creek) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crick

1. to cause a spasm of the neck [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Crick

1. Francis H.C., British biochemist and Nobel laureate, *1916. See: Watson-Crick helix. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crick

Cretan Crete Creuse Creutzfeld Jacob disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Crewe Crex Crex crex Cricetidae Cricetinae

Cricetus Cricetus cricetus Crichton Crichton-Browne Crichton-Browne's sign Crick Crigan Crigler Crigler-Najjar disease Crigler-Najjar syndrome

Crile Crile's clamp Crimble Crimbo Crimea Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever Crimean Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus Crimean Tatar

Literary usage of Crick

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1898)
"By GC crick, FGS, etc. 8vo; pp. 103. (London, 1898; printed by order of the ... The interesting discovery by Mr. crick, however, of the impression of the ..."

2. Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian by Mathews (Anne Jackson), Anne Mathews, Charles Mathews (1839)
"Charles and I, therefore, took a reluctant leave of our dear patient, leaving him prepared to depart from crick also in a couple of days after ; previous to ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas: And by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, William Pyle Taunton, Great Britain Courts (1823)
"By these instruments, it for securing an appeared that crick had contracted with. ... After ex- crick during the joint lives of the Defendants^ and the ..."

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