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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