wrick
- noun
- /rɪk/
- Archaic
- She woke up with a wrick in her neck after sleeping awkwardly.
Examples
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Lifting that heavy box gave me a sudden wrick in my back.
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He felt a sharp wrick in his neck.
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He couldn't turn his head because of a painful wrick.
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After lifting the heavy box, I experienced a painful wrick in my back.
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He couldn't turn his head because of a painful wrick in his neck.
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Lifting that heavy box caused a sudden wrick in my back.
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She woke up with a wrick in her neck after sleeping in an awkward position.
Synonyms
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3.9
A sudden tight movement of a muscle that causes pain
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3.4
A sudden tight movement of a muscle that hurts or feels uncomfortable
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7.9
A sudden sharp pain in the neck or back that makes it hard to move
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4.3
A quick, sudden movement of a muscle you cannot control, often in an eyelid
2
6.1
A sudden painful tight feeling in the neck or back
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9.9
A sudden painful tight muscle in the neck or back
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9.9
The head is tilted to one side because neck muscles pull it
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wrick comes from an old English word meaning 'to twist' and is related to common words like wrench and wring. So a wrick is a sudden, painful 'twist' in a muscle, for example in the neck or back.