crick
Stiff neck ache
A crick is a painful stiff feeling in the neck or back, typically from sleeping in an awkward position or sudden movement: I woke up with a crick in my neck.
The word is informal and primarily American.
Separately, crick is a dialectal pronunciation of creek in parts of the American South and Midwest.
Resistance to deformation
- kinkTight twisted spot
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- spasmInvoluntary muscle contraction
knot · tension · discomfort · muscle · twinge · wryneck · torticollis · pillow
stiffness
Resistance to deformation
spasm · knot · tension · discomfort · muscle · twinge · wryneck · torticollis · pillow · sleeping
stream
Steady continuous flow
- watercourseChannel for flowing liquid
- rivuletVery small stream
- tributaryStream entering larger river
runnel · streamlet · babbling · trickle · freshwater · flow · meander · ford · bank · channel
chirp
Short, high avian sound
nighttime · summer · insect · grasshopper · katydid · cicada · antenna · orthoptera · Jiminy · hearth
- neck injurieswhiplash, neck strain, neck sprain, stiff neck, pinched nerve
- Southern dialecty'all, fixin to, bless your heart, reckon, howdy
- ailmentsache, aches, ailment, cold, flu
- muscle painache, aches, soreness, cramps, spasms
- muscle movementscontraction, flexion, extension, twitch, spasm
- Spinal Problemsherniated disc, pinched nerve, sciatica, scoliosis, slipped disc
crickcomfort
Ease or soothing relief
ease · relief · health · painlessness · wellness
cricksuppleness
Capacity to bend easily
flexibility · limberness · looseness · relaxation · free movement
- Watson and CrickDNA structure discoverers
- Francis Crick