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  • noun Plural form of crick.

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Examples

  • When I moved to Wyoming back in '81 I learned about "cricks".

    Long-Lost Language 2008

  • I knew he always had 'cricks' in different parts of his anatomy, but I never heard about his feeling all-gone, before.

    The Ranch at the Wolverine 1914

  • They shivered through endless galleries, getting 'cricks' in their necks staring at frescoes, and injuring their optic nerves poring over pictures so old that often nothing was visible but a mahogany-coloured leg, an oily face, or the dim outline of a green saint in a whirlwind of pink angels.

    Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Louisa May Alcott 1860

  • This was just ahead of a cricked neck - set off by simple movements such as sleeping in an unusual position or brushing teeth - which results in five 'cricks' a year, 393 over 78.5 years.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • This was just ahead of a cricked neck - set off by simple movements such as sleeping in an unusual position or brushing teeth - which results in five 'cricks' a year, 393 over 78.5 years.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • This was just ahead of a cricked neck - set off by simple movements such as sleeping in an unusual position or brushing teeth - which results in five 'cricks' a year, 393 over 78.5 years.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • This was just ahead of a cricked neck - set off by simple movements such as sleeping in an unusual position or brushing teeth - which results in five 'cricks' a year, 393 over 78.5 years.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • This was just ahead of a cricked neck - set off by simple movements such as sleeping in an unusual position or brushing teeth - which results in five 'cricks' a year, 393 over 78.5 years.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • This was just ahead of a cricked neck - set off by simple movements such as sleeping in an unusual position or brushing teeth - which results in five 'cricks' a year, 393 over 78.5 years.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • "I know he always had 'cricks' in different parts of his anatomy, but I never heard about his feeling all-gone, before.

    The Ranch at the Wolverine B. M. Bower 1905

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