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 rick wrick
Derivationally Related Form:crickrickwrick
Hypernyms:cramp muscle spasm spasm
Inherited Hypernyms:crickspasmsymptomevidenceinformationcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.shapea sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tightSynset:twirl twist
Derivationally Related Form:twistkink
Hypernyms:bend crease crimp flexure fold plication
Inherited Hypernyms:kinkfoldangular shapeshapeattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.persona person with unusual sexual tastesDerivationally Related Form:kinky
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:kinkpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:kinkpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.cognitionan eccentric ideaDerivationally Related Form:kinky
Hypernyms:idea thought
Inherited Hypernyms:kinkideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.cognitiona difficulty or flaw in a plan or operationExamples:- there are still a few kinks to iron out
Hypernyms:difficulty
Inherited Hypernyms:kinkdifficultycognitive factorcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.contactcurl tightlySynset:crape crimp frizz frizzle kink up
Derivationally Related Form:crimpkink
Hypernyms:curl wave
Inherited Hypernyms:crimpcurltwistturnmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- their hair (apply to: frizzle, frizz, kink, crimp, kink up, crape)
vverb.changeform a curl, curve, or kinkSynset:curl curve
Examples:- the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling
Derivationally Related Form:curlkinkcurve
Hypernyms:change surface
Inherited Hypernyms:curlchange surfacechange
Entailment:bend deform flex turn twist
Sentence Frame:Something ---s