Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crick

2 senses of crick

Sense 1
crick, kink, rick, wrick -- (a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British))
       => spasm, cramp, muscle spasm -- (a painful and involuntary muscular contraction)

Sense 2
Crick, Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick -- (English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004))
       INSTANCE OF=> biochemist -- (someone with special training in biochemistry)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb crick

1 sense of crick

Sense 1
crick -- (twist (a body part) into a strained position; "crick your neck")
       => twist -- (turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head")