From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcrickcrick1 /krɪk/ noun [countable] MIa pain in the muscles in your neck or back that is caused by the muscles becoming stiffa crick in your back/neck He was getting a crick in his neck from leaning out of the window for so long.crickcrick2 verb [transitive] MIto hurt your back or neck by bending or moving in a way that makes the muscles become stiff I cricked my back bending to pick up the suitcase.→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
crick• If you crick your neck you might spot the odd bald patch, too! 