noun
Meaning 1
A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wrick
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verb
Meaning 2
To twist; turn
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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verb
Meaning 3
To wrench; strain
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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noun
Meaning 4
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crick, kink, rick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spasm, cramp, muscle spasm
verb
Meaning 5
twist suddenly so as to sprain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, rick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: injure, wound
History
Etymology
From Middle English wricken, probably from Middle Dutch wricken (Modern Dutch wrikken (“to wriggle”)) or Middle Low German wricken (“to move jerkily; sprain”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). See also Low German wriggen, German Low German wricken (“to row; scull; move back and forth”)). Compare also Danish vrikke (“to move; turn; wriggle”), Swedish vricka (“to sprain; twist; scull”).