To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.
To cause to develop a crick; to create a crick in.
To develop a crick (cramp, spasm).
A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected.
The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
A small jackscrew.
To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).
Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
Twisted, bent, crooked.
Distortion.