crick
1. [ verb ] twist the head into a strained position
Related terms: tense
2. [ noun ] (chemistry,biochemistry) English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1916)
Synonyms: francis_henry_compton_crick francis_crick
Related terms: biochemist
3. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10245
4. [ noun ] (medicine) a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
Synonyms: wrick rick
Related terms: spasm UK
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