Crick definition

Crick

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WordNet

(1) English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)

(2) A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

(3) Twist (a body part) into a strained position

"Crick your neck"

WiktionaryText

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 affected. (Cf. catch.)