WRICK
Dictionary entry overview: What does wrick mean?
• WRICK (noun)
The noun WRICK has 1 sense:
1. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British)
Familiarity information: WRICK used as a noun is very rare.
• WRICK (verb)
The verb WRICK has 1 sense:
1. twist suddenly so as to sprain
Familiarity information: WRICK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WRICK (noun)
Meaning:
A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
crick; kink; rick; wrick
Hypernyms ("wrick" is a kind of...):
cramp; muscle spasm; spasm (a painful and involuntary muscular contraction)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
• WRICK (verb)
Meaning:
Twist suddenly so as to sprain
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
sprain; wrick; rick; wrench; twist; turn
Context examples:
wrench one's ankle / The wrestler twisted his shoulder / the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell / I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days
Hypernyms (to "wrick" is one way to...):
injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he wrick his foot?
