Crick

  1. Proper noun.  A village in Northamptonshire, England.
  2. Proper noun.  A habitational surname derived from the placename.
  3. Proper noun.  Francis Crick co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.
  4. Noun.  A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (Compare catch.).
  5. Noun.  A small jackscrew..
  6. Verb.  to violently spasm.
  7. Noun.  (Appalachian) (alternative form of, creek) .

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