wryneck

Questions about wryneck

What does wryneck mean?

wryneck means "an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wryneck?

wryneck has 2 syllables and divides as wry-neck under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for wryneck?

Close synonyms include torticollis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wryneck a common word?

wryneck is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.