Synonyms for crick

Noun

1. crick, rick, wrick, spasm, cramp, muscle spasm

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

2. Crick, Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick, biochemist

usage: English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1916)

Verb

1. crick, tense, strain, tense up

usage: twist the head into a strained position