here's a tangent for crick:
when one gets a "crick" in the neck...

from MW:
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Main Entry: 1crick
Pronunciation: 'krik
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cryk
Date: 15th century
: a painful spasmodic condition of muscles (as of the neck or back)

Main Entry: 2crick
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1884
1 : to cause a crick in (as the neck)
2 : to turn or twist (as the head) especially into a strained position

and for creek:
Main Entry: creek
Pronunciation: 'krEk, 'krik
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English crike, creke, from Old Norse -kriki bend
Date: 13th century
1 chiefly British : a small inlet or bay narrower and extending farther inland than a cove
2 : a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river
3 archaic : a narrow or winding passage
- up the creek : in a difficult or perplexing situation





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