crick

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A painful cramp or muscle spasm, as in the back or neck.
2. v. To cause a painful cramp or muscle spasm in by turning or wrenching.
3. n. Upper Northern & Western U.S. Variant of creek. See Regional Note at run.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To creak.
2. n. A creaking. as of a door.
3. n. An inlet of the sea or a river: same as creek
4. n. A small stream; a brook: same as creek, 2, which is the usual spelling, though generally pronounced in the United States as crick.
5. n. A crevice; chink; cranny; corner.
6. n. A painful spasmodic affection of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, in the nature of a cramp or transient stiffness, making motion of the part difficult.
7. n. A small jackscrew.
8. To wrench or sprain: as, to crick one's neck.

Wiktionary

1. n. A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (Compare catch.)
2. n. alternative form of creek.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
2. n. 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.
3. n. A small jackscrew.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)
2. v. twist (a body part) into a strained position
3. n. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)