A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: crick, kink, rick, wrick]
verb
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" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick]
