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CRICK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Crick; Francis Crick; Francis Henry Compton Crick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

biochemist (someone with special training in biochemistry)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

crick; kink; rick; wrick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("crick" is a kind of...):

cramp; muscle spasm; spasm (a painful and involuntary muscular contraction)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Derivation:

crick (twist (a body part) into a strained position)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Twist (a body part) into a strained position

Example:

crick your neck

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "crick" is one way to...):

twist (turn in the opposite direction)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

crick (a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British))

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