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

2 senses of wryneck

Sense 1
torticollis, wryneck -- (an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted)
       => abnormality, abnormalcy -- (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Sense 2
wryneck -- (Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck)
       => woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker -- (bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects)