wrick

n : a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back

(`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: {crick}, {rick}]

v : twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle" [syn: {twist},

{sprain}, {wrench}, {turn}, {rick}]

grick

/grik/ ({WPI}, first used by Tim Haven to describe "grick

trigonometry", a shortcut method of determing attack angles in

grid-based games like Star Trek) Any integral increment of

measurement. E.g. "Please turn the stereo up a few gricks".

(1995-01-31)