crick
noun
a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
cricking
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present participleof crick.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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He listened and heard only the cricking heat and the hiss of distance.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
Caul stood cricking his neck from side to side and stretching his arms boredly.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
The porch swing cricked five hundred times before Cat crawled under the covers next to her brother, and it was still cricking when she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
When they get home, they yawning, crickets is cricking.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Close by them the odd man was strutting in stiff, ungainly attitudes, cricking his neck and elbows, and tossing up his toes.
From The Field of Clover by Laurence Housman
