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A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5872).
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A small village in Caerwent community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref ST4890).
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A habitational surname derived from the placename.
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noun
A painful stiffness in some part of the body, like the neck or back, which makes it difficult to move the affected body part for some time; a cramp.
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noun
A small jackscrew.
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noun
Alternative form of creek.
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Usage: Appalachia, alt-of, alternative
Qualifier: Ottawa Valley
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noun
The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
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verb
To develop a crick (cramp, spasm).
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verb
To cause to develop a crick; to create a crick in.
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verb
To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.
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verb
To make a sharp, penetrating sound; chirp.
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Usage: intransitive
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noun
English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick
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Broader terms: biochemist
noun
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
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Synonyms: kink, rick, wrick
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Broader terms: spasm, cramp, muscle spasm
verb
twist (a body part) into a strained position
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Broader terms: twist
History
The Northamptonshire place-name is from Proto-Brythonic *krʉg (“heap, mound”) (itself from Proto-Celtic *krouk-; cf. Welsh crug).
From Middle English crike, crykke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), attested since the 1400s. Likely related to Old Norse kriki (“bend; nook”), whence also crick (“creek”) and creek.
See creek.
Uncertain. Possibly an alteration of creak; or perhaps from Middle English crikken, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, or Proto-West Germanic *krakkjan
Across languages
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