English dictionary: words starting with cric

noun

A painful stiff feeling in the neck or back.

Usage examples:

Adam woke up quite early thanks to a painful crick in his neck.

verb

Twist or strain (one's neck or back), causing painful stiffness.

Usage examples:

I turned my head so quickly that i cricked my neck

adjective

(of the neck or back) painfully stiff from being twisted or strained.

Usage examples:

He suffered a cricked neck during tackling practice

verb

Twist or strain (one's neck or back), causing painful stiffness.

Usage examples:

I turned my head so quickly that i cricked my neck

noun

An insect related to the grasshoppers but with shorter legs. the male produces a characteristic musical chirping sound.

Usage examples:

The warm summer air whipped through chris' open window blowing with it the sounds of crickets chirp…

noun

A person who plays cricket.

Usage examples:

He is a very young and talented cricketer

noun

A person who plays cricket.

Usage examples:

He is a very young and talented cricketer

adjective

Relating to the playing of cricket.

Usage examples:

A true cricketing legend

noun

An insect related to the grasshoppers but with shorter legs. the male produces a characteristic musical chirping sound.

Usage examples:

The warm summer air whipped through chris' open window blowing with it the sounds of crickets chirp…

idiom

No reply or reaction at all; no spoken or written answer

Usage examples:

Don't you hate when you're talking to a group of people and you ask them a question and you get cri…

noun

An insect related to the grasshoppers but with shorter legs. the male produces a characteristic musical chirping sound.

Usage examples:

The warm summer air whipped through chris' open window blowing with it the sounds of crickets chirp…

adjective

Of or relating to the game of cricket; resembling cricket.

verb

Twist or strain (one's neck or back), causing painful stiffness.

Usage examples:

I turned my head so quickly that i cricked my neck

noun

A painful stiff feeling in the neck or back.

Usage examples:

Adam woke up quite early thanks to a painful crick in his neck.

noun

A thin, sharp crackling sound.

verb

To make a thin, sharp sound; to emit a succession of such sounds.

noun

A painful stiff feeling in the neck or back.

Usage examples:

Adam woke up quite early thanks to a painful crick in his neck.

verb

Twist or strain (one's neck or back), causing painful stiffness.

Usage examples:

I turned my head so quickly that i cricked my neck

adjective

Of or relating to the cricoid and arytenoid cartilages; especially designating either of a pair of muscles (lateral and posterior) which originate from the cricoid and insert on to the thyroid cartilage, and serve to adduct and abduct the vocal folds.

noun

A cricoarytenoid muscle.

noun

The ring-shaped cartilage of the larynx.

Usage examples:

Cricothyrotomy - a medical procedure involving an incision being made between the cricoid and thyro…

adjective

Shaped like a ring

Usage examples:

In a young thin person the thyroid may be visible just below the cricoid cartilage.

adjective

Shaped like a ring

Usage examples:

In a young thin person the thyroid may be visible just below the cricoid cartilage.

adjective

Of or relating to the cricoid cartilage and the pharynx; specifically designating or relating to the part of the inferior constrictor muscle of the pharynx that originates from the cricoid cartilage.

adjective

Relating to the cricoid and thyroid cartilages.

Usage examples:

The surgeon identifies the anatomical landmarks (ie, thyroid notch, cricothyroid membrane, inferior…

adjective

Relating to the cricoid and thyroid cartilages.

Usage examples:

The surgeon identifies the anatomical landmarks (ie, thyroid notch, cricothyroid membrane, inferior…

noun

Surgical incision into the cricoid cartilage.