Crick vs. Creek

Crickverb

To violently spasm.

Cricknoun

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

Cricknoun

A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part.

Cricknoun

A small jackscrew.

Cricknoun

a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

Cricknoun

English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1916)

Crickverb

twist the head into a strained position

Creeknoun

(British) 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.

Creeknoun

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

Creeknoun

Any turn or winding.

Creeknoun

A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.

Creeknoun

A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.

Creeknoun

Any turn or winding.

Creeknoun

a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river);

Creeknoun

any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma