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English noun: crick | |||
| 1. | crick (state) a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) | ||
| Synonyms | kink, rick, wrick | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cramp, muscle spasm, spasm | ||
| Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| 2. | Crick (person) English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004) | ||
| Synonyms | Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick | ||
| Instance hypernym | biochemist | ||
English verb: crick | |||
| 1. | crick (body) twist (a body part) into a strained position | ||
| Samples | Crick your neck. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | twist | ||
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