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crick
1[ krik ]
noun
- a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
verb (used with object)
- to give a crick or wrench to (the neck, back, etc.).
crick
2[ krik ]
noun
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S.
Crick
3[ krik ]
noun
- Francis Harry Compton, 1916–2004, English biophysicist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1962.
Crick
1/ ɪ /
noun
- CrickFrancis Harry Compton19162004MEnglishSCIENCE: biologist Francis Harry Compton. 1916–2004, English molecular biologist: helped to discover the helical structure of DNA; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine shared with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins 1962
crick
2/ ɪ /
noun
- a painful muscle spasm or cramp, esp in the neck or back
verb
- tr to cause a crick in (the neck, back, etc)
crick
3/ ɪ /
noun
- a dialect word for creek
Crick
- British biologist who with James D. Watson identified the structure of DNA in 1953. By analyzing the patterns cast by x-rays striking DNA molecules, they found that DNA has the structure of a double helix, consisting of two spirals linked together at the base, forming ladderlike rungs. For this work they shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with Maurice Wilkins.
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crick1
C15: of uncertain origin
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They sat in the porch swing, which cricked over the sound of the waves.
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Joe Manchin is no country hick But he’s made many city folks sick With his waffles and whines And his coddling of mines: He’s changed horses while deep in the crick.
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His effort to look anywhere else but in my direction is giving him a crick in the neck.
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Or maybe she just had a crick in her neck.
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Various courts have since let us know that nope, 'twas merely a small crick against the doomsday direction in which we were previously heading.
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