to crick
1
7.9
- verb
- /krɪk/
:
torcerse el cuello
- Ivan stands up again, and he comes to me, and my neck is cricked back as far as it'll go to look at his face.
- cricks her neck
Examples
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If a knee is took, I'’ll crick my crook.
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He stands, cricks his neck both ways, and the joints make a sound I've never heard.
Fiction book (1994) -
My neck stops cricking, and I'm feeling a little better.
Fiction book (1996) -
That's how the crickets crick all day In the merry old land of Oz
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Jasmine sighed, cricked shut her laptop, and went down to join her husband.
Fiction book (2002) -
Cricks his neck.
Fiction book (1998) -
She frowns and cricks her neck, rearranges her bulk again and again, shifting her weight first from one haunch and then to the other.
Fiction book (1993) -
After sitting in the same position for too long, I finally cricked my neck while trying to stretch.
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She cricked her neck as she turned to look at the clock on the wall.
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He cricked his neck to relieve the tension after a long day of work.
Synonyms
152
2.2
To turn a joint or part of your body so it becomes injured
15
5.3
To twist part of your body suddenly so it hurts
3
5.4
To make a rope, wire or hose bend sharply
To twist or sprain a body part suddenly, for example an ankle
To twist part of the body suddenly so it hurts and may sprain
Antonyms
How Strained
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crick as a verb follows the same old idea of being 'crooked' or bent, so to crick your neck is to twist it into an awkward, sore position by suddenly bending it the wrong way.