Jump to content

wrick

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Middle English wricken, probably from Middle Dutch wricken (Modern Dutch wrikken (to wriggle)) or Middle Low German wricken (to move jerkily; sprain), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (to wriggle), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (to turn, wrap, tie), from *wer- (to turn, bend).

See also Low German wriggen, German Low German wricken (to row; scull; move back and forth)). Compare also Danish vrikke (to move; turn; wriggle), Swedish vricka (to sprain; twist; scull).

Verb

[edit]

wrick (third-person singular simple present wricks, present participle wricking, simple past and past participle wricked)

  1. (dialect) To twist; turn
  2. (dialect) To wrench; strain

Noun

[edit]

wrick (plural wricks)

  1. A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back

Synonyms

[edit]