cricking

Verb (1)

crick (third-person singular simple present cricks, present participle cricking, simple past and past participle cricked)

1. To develop a crick (cramp, spasm).
   • Stomach sleeping never worked for her because her neck cricked and pained in so short a time, that she never got the chance to fall asleep that way although the rest of her body snuggled well into the bed in that position.2008, Jacqueline Signori, Ada, →ISBN, page 48
2. To cause to develop a crick; to create a crick in.
   • He'd fallen asleep after all (and he'd done it in such a way as to crick his neck and his back and put his right arm to sleep; hardly a good start to a busy day) and now daylight was seeping through the bald patches in the thatch, ...2013, K. J. Parker, Pattern, Orbit, →ISBN
3. To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.
   • He stopped a few feet from her, probably because he'd have to crick his neck to glare at her and that would just be embarrassing for him. “Dealing with garbage suits you.”2011, Camy Tang, Protection for Hire: A Novel, Zondervan, →ISBN

Verb (2)

crick (third-person singular simple present cricks, present participle cricking, simple past and past participle cricked)

1. (intransitive) To make a sharp, penetrating sound; chirp.

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