CRICKED

Verb

cricked

simple past tense and past participle of crick

Source: Wiktionary


CRICK

Crick (krk), n. Etym: [See Creak.]

Definition: The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.] Johnson.

Crick, n. Etym: [The same as creek a bending, twisting. See Creek, Crook.]

1. A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part. To those also that, with a crick or cramp, have thei necks drawn backward. Holland.

2. Etym: [Cf. F. cric.]

Definition: A small jackscrew. Knight.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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