crick

Meanings

1. A painful stiffness in some part of the body, like the neck or back, which makes it difficult to move the affected body part for some time; a cramp.
2. A small jackscrew.

1. To develop a crick (cramp, spasm).
2. To cause to develop a crick; to create a crick in.
3. To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.

1. Alternative form of creek.

1. To make a sharp, penetrating sound; chirp.

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

1. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5872).
2. A small village in Caerwent community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref ST4890).
3. A habitational surname derived from the placename.

Etymology

From Middle English crike, crykke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), attested since the 1400s. Likely related to Old Norse kriki (“bend; nook”), whence also crick (“creek”) and creek.