[f. CRICK sb.1] trans. To give a crick or wrench to (the neck, etc.).
1861. Mayhew, Lond. Labour, III. 90/2. He used to take my legs and stretch them, and work them round in their sockets…. That is what they called being ‘cricked.’
1884. J. Colborne, Hicks Pasha, 48. I can’t say I saw it, as I did not want to crick my neck.
