CRICK

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.] Johnson.

2.
n.

A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part. To those also that, with a crick or cramp, have thei necks drawn backward. Holland.

3.
n.

A small jackscrew. Knight.


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