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Crick

noun

A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British). Synonyms: kink, rick, wrick.

English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004). Synonyms: Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick.

verb

Twist (a body part) into a strained position.

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"Crick" Quotes from Famous Books

... she's grown a good deal. But I am tired," the boy said, stretching himself out. "Me 'n' Benny run all the way as soon as we come in sight of the crick, and him 'n' Mis' Hingston wanted me to stay all night, but I wouldn't. I wanted to ...

— The Leatherwood God • William Dean Howells

... on airth have them air Joneses got for dinner? I've sot and sot at that air front winder till I've got a crick in my back a tryin' to find out whether it's lamb or mutton. It's something ...

— The Universal Reciter - 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems • Various

... with deficuaty prevailed on them to do, the Second U S Regt was then the Least disabled the Charge begat with them on the Left of the Left whing I placed a Small Company of Rifelmen on that flank on the Bank of a Small Crick and persued the enemy about four hundred yards who Ran off in all directions but this time the Left flank of the Right whing Gave way and Number of the Indians Got into our Camp and Got possession of the Artilery and Scalped I Sopose a hundred men or more I turned back ...

— The Winning of the West, Volume Four - Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 • Theodore Roosevelt

... said old Jerry; "but I don't want no more harm in this crick of life. The Lord be pleased to keep all them Examiners at home. Might have none to find their corpusses until next leap-year. I hope with all my heart they won't come poking their ...

— Springhaven - A Tale of the Great War • R. D. Blackmore

... Jim Crow. "That funny Robert Robin is singing his 'Dry Weather' song! He is saying 'dry up the crick!'—he means 'creek' of course, but could anything be funnier than that wet bird sitting in the rain, and singing about dry weather? The creek is roaring down through the sheep pasture, like a yellow river! 'Dry up the crick!' ...

— Exciting Adventures of Mister Robert Robin • Ben Field

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