crick
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
Types & categories
- spasm hypernym
Related & opposite
- crick derivation
- sprain derivation
- Great Britain domain region
Sense 2 verb
twist (a body part) into a strained position
crick your neck
Types & categories
- twist hypernym
Related & opposite
- kink derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crick |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprain |
| 1 | domain region | Related & opposite | Great Britain |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | spasm |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | kink |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | twist |