crick
noun
a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
cricks
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present tense formof crick (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The lobby occupies the old Terminal Station, a beaux-arts structure that was built in 1909 and causes neck cricks with its 82-foot-high ceiling dome.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2017
We used to put fish nets in the rivers and cricks and get maybe 2,500 to 4,500 salmon, just to feed our teams.
From Time Magazine Archive
No one knows that better than the purveyors of products designed to ease or ward off cricks in the lower back.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nephew Shawn does a knee bend and cricks his neck from side to side, like he’s done this a billion times.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
As the swing cricked a hundred cricks, Cat thought about the summer and all the disappointments and surprises it had brought her.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
