nnoun.statea painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British)Region:BritainGreat BritainU.K.UKUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Synset:crick kink rick
Derivationally Related Form:crickrickwrick
Hypernyms:cramp muscle spasm spasm
Inherited Hypernyms:crickspasmsymptomevidenceinformationcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.bodytwist suddenly so as to sprainSynset:rick sprain turn twist wrench
Examples:- wrench one's ankle
- The wrestler twisted his shoulder
- the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell
- I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days
Derivationally Related Form:twistrickwrenchwricksprain
Hypernyms:injure wound
Inherited Hypernyms:twistinjurehurtindisposechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Did he --- his foot? (apply to: sprain, wrick, turn, twist, rick, wrench)