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wrick

verbnoun
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As a verb, wrick means twist. As a noun, it means a painful muscular spasm in the neck or back.

Meanings of wrick

5 meanings

verb

  1. dialectTo twist; turn

  2. dialectTo wrench; strain

  3. Twist suddenly so as to sprainbody

    “wrench one's ankle”

    “The wrestler twisted his shoulder”

    “the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell”

    Similar: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, rick

noun

  1. A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back

  2. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)

    Similar: crick, kink, rick

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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noun: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘r…
crickkinkrick
verb: twist suddenly so as to sprain
twistsprainwrenchturnrick

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