English Explanatory Dictionary

wrick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To twist; turn
  2. To wrench; strain
noun
  1. A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back

Word forms

wrick wricks wricking wricked

Etymology

From Middle English wricken, probably from Middle Dutch wricken (Modern Dutch wrikken (“to wriggle”)) or Middle Low German wricken (“to move jerkily; sprain”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). See also Low German wriggen, German Low German wricken (“to row; scull; move back and forth”)). Compare also Danish vrikke (“to move; turn; wriggle”), Swedish vricka (“to sprain; twist; scull”).

Synonyms

crick
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