wrick
5 synonyms for wrick, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To twist or turn something suddenly.
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Etymology
This word came into English via Middle English wricken, probably from Middle Dutch wricken (compare Modern Dutch wrikken, “to wriggle”) or Middle Low German wricken (“to move jerkily; sprain”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), itself from *wer- (“to t...
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