crick

n. muscle cramp, muscle spasm (in the neck, back, etc.)

n. family name; Francis Crick (1916-2004), British biophysicist, winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology for his discovery of the double helical structure of DNA (together with James Watson)

Crick can be: a colloquial spelling for the word creek;a painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affectedCrick as a surname may refer to:Bernard Crick, British political scientistFrancis Crick (1916–2004), British scientist and joint discoverer of the structure of DNAMichael Crick (1958-), British journalist and biographer Nancy Crick, Australian figure from the euthanasia debateHarold Crick, protagonist of a 2006 film, Stranger than Fiction.
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Noun
1. English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1916)
(synonym) Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick
(hypernym) biochemist

Noun
1. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
(synonym) rick, wrick
(hypernym) spasm, cramp, muscle spasm
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Verb
1. twist the head into a strained position
(hypernym) tense, strain, tense up
(derivation) rick, wrick

n. Crick, family name; Francis Crick (1916-2004), British biophysicist, winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology for his discovery of the double helical structure of DNA (together with James Watson)

(n.)
The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
  

(n.)
A small jackscrew.
  

(n.)
A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part.