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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.)

A small jackscrew.

To develop a crick (cramp, spasm).

To cause to develop a crick; to create a crick in.

To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.

A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.

A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook.

Any turn or winding.

The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.