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crick

UK/kɹɪk/ US/ˈkrɪk/ uncommon
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

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verb

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Origin

From Middle English crike, crykke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), attested since the 1400s. Likely related to Old Norse kriki (“bend; nook”), whence also crick (“creek”) and creek.

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