wrick


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wrick

(rɪk)
vb
a variant spelling (chiefly Brit) of rick2
[C19: earlier rick; perhaps from Middle Low German wricken to move jerkily, sprain]
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wrick


Past participle: wricked
Gerund: wricking

Imperative
wrick
wrick
Present
I wrick
you wrick
he/she/it wricks
we wrick
you wrick
they wrick
Preterite
I wricked
you wricked
he/she/it wricked
we wricked
you wricked
they wricked
Present Continuous
I am wricking
you are wricking
he/she/it is wricking
we are wricking
you are wricking
they are wricking
Present Perfect
I have wricked
you have wricked
he/she/it has wricked
we have wricked
you have wricked
they have wricked
Past Continuous
I was wricking
you were wricking
he/she/it was wricking
we were wricking
you were wricking
they were wricking
Past Perfect
I had wricked
you had wricked
he/she/it had wricked
we had wricked
you had wricked
they had wricked
Future
I will wrick
you will wrick
he/she/it will wrick
we will wrick
you will wrick
they will wrick
Future Perfect
I will have wricked
you will have wricked
he/she/it will have wricked
we will have wricked
you will have wricked
they will have wricked
Future Continuous
I will be wricking
you will be wricking
he/she/it will be wricking
we will be wricking
you will be wricking
they will be wricking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wricking
you have been wricking
he/she/it has been wricking
we have been wricking
you have been wricking
they have been wricking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wricking
you will have been wricking
he/she/it will have been wricking
we will have been wricking
you will have been wricking
they will have been wricking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wricking
you had been wricking
he/she/it had been wricking
we had been wricking
you had been wricking
they had been wricking
Conditional
I would wrick
you would wrick
he/she/it would wrick
we would wrick
you would wrick
they would wrick
Past Conditional
I would have wricked
you would have wricked
he/she/it would have wricked
we would have wricked
you would have wricked
they would have wricked
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.wrick - a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
crick, kink, rick
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
cramp, muscle spasm, spasm - a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
Verb1.wrick - twist suddenly so as to sprainwrick - twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"
sprain, rick, wrench, twist, turn
injure - cause injuries or bodily harm to
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Translations

wrick

[rɪk]
A. N → torcedura f
B. VT (Brit) → torcer
to wrick one's neck → torcerse el cuello
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wrick

vt to wrick one’s neck/shoulder → sich (dat) → den Hals/die Schulter ausrenken
n to have a wrick in one’s neck → sich (dat) → den Hals ausgerenkt haben; to get a wrick in one’s neck → sich (dat) → den Hals ausrenken
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wrick

rick [rɪk] vt to wrick one's ankle → slogarsi la caviglia
to wrick one's neck → farsi uno strappo (muscolare) al collo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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