Crick

n.	1.	The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
	1.	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. To those also that, with a crick or cramp, have thei necks drawn backward. - Holland.
	2.	A small jackscrew.

Noun	1.	crick - a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) Synonyms: rick, wrick
	2.	Crick - English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1916) Synonyms: Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick
Verb	1.	crick - twist the head into a strained position

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