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Cramp

/kɹæmp/

A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.

📖 Definitions of "Cramp"

noun
  1. 1

    A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.

  2. 2

    That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

  3. 3

    A clamp for carpentry or masonry.

  4. 4

    A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.

verb
  1. 1

    (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.

  2. 2

    To affect with cramps or spasms.

  3. 3

    To prohibit movement or expression of.

    "You're cramping my style."

  4. 4

    To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.

    "You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill."

adjective
  1. 1

    Cramped; narrow

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