Crick

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A painful stiffness in some part of the body, like the neck or back, which makes it difficult to move the affected body part for some time; a cramp.

   “I had a crick in my neck for a week after ordering the wrong pillow at the Graylyn Estate […]”

2. isim A small jackscrew.
3. fiil To develop a crick (cramp, spasm).

   “Stomach sleeping never worked for her because her neck cricked and pained in so short a time, that she never got the chance to fall asleep that way although the rest of her body snuggled well into the bed in that position.”

4. fiil To cause to develop a crick; to create a crick in.

   “He'd fallen asleep after all (and he'd done it in such a way as to crick his neck and his back and put his right arm to sleep; hardly a good start to a busy day) and now daylight was seeping through the bald patches in the thatch, ...”

5. fiil To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.

   “He stopped a few feet from her, probably because he'd have to crick his neck to glare at her and that would just be embarrassing for him. “Dealing with garbage suits you.””

6. isim Alternative form of creek.
7. fiil To make a sharp, penetrating sound; chirp.
8. isim The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
9. özel isim A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5872).
10. özel isim A small village in Caerwent community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref ST4890).
11. özel isim A habitational surname derived from the placename.

    “Francis Crick was the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.”