English dictionary

wryneck

/'r/aI/,n/E/k/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted

noun.state

Synonyms torticollis

Source: WordNet 3.0
Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck

noun.animal

Source: WordNet 3.0
A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.

noun

Source: webster1913