crick
noun[C]
uk/krɪk/us/krɪk/cricknoun[C](PAIN)
apainful, usuallysuddenstiffnessin agroupofmusclesin theneckor back:
(颈部或背部的)痛性痉挛I got a crickinmyneckfrompaintingtheceiling.油漆天花板弄得我脖子抽筋了。
Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- ageusia
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- cramp
- dystonia
- EA
- encephalitis
- epileptic
- fibromyalgia
- GBS
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- leprosy
- progressive supranuclear palsy
- prosopagnosia
- quadriplegia
- retrograde
- retrograde amnesia
- sciatica
cricknoun[C](STREAM)
US
a word used in somepartsof theUnitedStatesfor acreek:
Thewaterwas a crick, just as he had said,channelledby alowbank.
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- "What's down there?" "Water. What we used tocalla crick," hisfathersaid,smilingat the word.
- Go down to the crick andcatchaturtle.
Watercourses & waterfalls
- amazon
- arroyo
- beck
- bourne
- brook
- burn
- cascade
- cataract
- Euphrates
- fluvial
- fordable
- gulch
- gully
- plunge pool
- rapids
- rill
- riverbed
- riverine
- runnel
- waterway
crick
verb[T]
uk/krɪk/us/krɪk/totwistthemusclesin theneckor back,causingpainfulstiffness:
I cricked myneckwhile I waspaintingtheceiling.
IthinkI may have cricked mynecka littlebit.
- Themonitorishunghigh on awall, so that you crickyournecklookingup at it.
- Heraisedhisheadsoquicklyhe cricked hisneck.
- She cricked hernecksobadlythat thechiropractorshe went toseerefusedtotouchit.
Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- ageusia
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- cramp
- dystonia
- EA
- encephalitis
- epileptic
- fibromyalgia
- GBS
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- leprosy
- progressive supranuclear palsy
- prosopagnosia
- quadriplegia
- retrograde
- retrograde amnesia
- sciatica