crick

¹ American  

[krik] / krɪk /

noun

1. a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.

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verb (used with object)

1. to give a crick or wrench to (the neck, back, etc.).

crick ² American  

[krik] / krɪk /

noun

Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S.

1. creek.

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Crick ³ American  

[krik] / krɪk /

noun

1. Francis Harry Compton, 1916–2004, English biophysicist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1962.

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Crick ¹ British  

/ krɪk /

noun

1. Francis Harry Compton. 1916–2004, English molecular biologist: helped to discover the helical structure of DNA; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine shared with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins 1962

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crick ² British  

/ krɪk /

noun

1. a painful muscle spasm or cramp, esp in the neck or back

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verb

1. (tr) to cause a crick in (the neck, back, etc)

crick ³ British  

/ krɪk /

noun

1. a dialect word for creek

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Crick Scientific  

/ krĭk /

1. British biologist who with James D. Watson identified the structure of DNA in 1953. By analyzing the patterns cast by x-rays striking DNA molecules, they found that DNA has the structure of a double helix, consisting of two spirals linked together at the base, forming ladderlike rungs. For this work they shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with Maurice Wilkins.

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Etymology

Origin of crick

1400–50; late Middle English crikke, perhaps akin to crick ²