1. (

• crick ,
• kink ,
• rick ,
• wrick

) a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) ;

2. (

• Crick ,
• Francis_Crick ,
• Francis_Henry_Compton_Crick

) English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004) ;

1. (

• crick

) twist (a body part) into a strained position; "crick your neck" ;