crick

🇺🇸 /krɪk/ 🇬🇧 /krɪk/
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verb
R

to get a painful stiffness in your neck or back, often from an awkward position

I cricked my neck when I slept in a funny position last night.

noun
R

a sudden, painful stiffness in the muscles of your neck or back

After sleeping in a bad position, he had a crick in his neck.

translation

v. to get a painful stiffness in your neck or back, often from an awkward position
n. a sudden, painful stiffness in the muscles of your neck or back

Word Forms

3rd Present cricks
Past cricked
Perfect cricked
Progressive cricking
Plural cricks