If you have a crick in your neck or in your back, you have a pain there caused by muscles becoming stiff.
Synonyms: spasm, cramp, convulsion, twinge More Synonyms of crick
More Synonyms of crick
crick in British English1
(krɪk) informal
noun
1.
a painful muscle spasm or cramp, esp in the neck or back
verb
2. (transitive)
to cause a crick in (the neck, back, etc)
Word origin
C15: of uncertain origin
crick in British English2
(krɪk)
noun
US and Canadian a dialect word for creek (sense 2)
Crick in British English
(krɪk)
noun
Francis Harry Compton. 1916–2004, English molecular biologist: helped to discover the helical structure of DNA; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine shared with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins 1962
Crick in American English
(krɪk)
Francis H(arry) C(ompton)1916-2004; Eng. scientist: helped determine the structure of DNA
crick in American English1
(krɪk)
noun
1.
a painful muscle spasm or cramp in the neck, back, etc.
verb transitive
2.
to cause a crick in
Word origin
LME crykke < ON kriki, bend: see creek
crick in American English2
(krɪk)
noun
US, Dialectal
creek (sense 2)
Examples of 'crick' in a sentence
crick
Begin by looking up to a man, prepare for a lifetime crick in your neck.
Anita Anderson SUMMER OF SECRETS (2003)
I rolled my head on my neck, a crick in there from the first slap, and started.
Robert Wilson A DARKENING STAIN (2003)
She wondered, behind her crumbling composure, if he had got a crick in his neck by now.
Ian St James Awards AT THE STROKE OF TWELVE (2003)
(noun)
Definition
a painful muscle spasm or cramp in the neck or back
I've got a crick in my neck from looking up at the screen.
Synonyms
spasm
A lack of magnesium causes muscles to go into spasm.
cramp
She started getting stomach cramps this morning.
convulsion
He fell to the floor in the grip of an epileptic convulsion.
twinge
the occasional twinge of indigestion
(verb)
Definition
to cause a crick in
I cricked my back from sitting in the same position for too long.
Synonyms
rick
jar
wrench
He had wrenched his ankle badly in the fall.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of convulsion
Definition
a violent muscular spasm
He fell to the floor in the grip of an epileptic convulsion.