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Crocked vs Cricked - What's the difference?

crocked | cricked |

As verbs the difference between crocked and cricked

is that crocked is (crock) while cricked is (crick).

As an adjective crocked

is (british) injured (of a person) or crocked can be (north america) drunk (of a person).

crocked

English

Etymology 1

See (crock) (verb)

Verb

(head)
  • (crock)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British) injured (of a person)
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Clive Lindsay , title=Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=St Johnstone boss Derek McInnes had made two changes, with Callum Davidson, who has now recovered from injury, the replacement for crocked fellow defender David McCracken and David Robertson taking the place of Chris Millar in midfield.}}
  • (British) broken (of a thing)

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (North America) drunk (of a person)

    • cricked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crick)

    • crick

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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. (Compare catch.)
  • A small jackscrew.
    • (Knight)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to violently spasm.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Appalachian)

    • Etymology 3

    See creak.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
    • (Johnson)