crick

name

1. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5872).
2. A small village in Caerwent community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref ST4890).
3. A habitational surname derived from the placename.

   “Francis Crick was the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.”

noun

Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly an alteration of creak; or perhaps from Middle English crikken, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, or Proto-West Germanic *krakkjan

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

verb

Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly an alteration of creak; or perhaps from Middle English crikken, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, or Proto-West Germanic *krakkjan

1. To make a sharp, penetrating sound; chirp.