Definition of cramp Cramp
/kɹæˈmp/ - [kratmp] - cramp
We found 27 definitions of cramp from 7 different sources.
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NounPlural: cramps |
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| cramp - a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together | ||
| cramp iron | ||
| strip, slip a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music; "she did a strip right in front of everyone" | ||
| cramp - a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued | ||
| clamp, clinch a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together | ||
| cramp - a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | ||
| spasm, muscle spasm | ||
| symptom anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence | ||
| charley-horse, charley horse a muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise | ||
| graphospasm, writer's cramp muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil | ||
| blepharospasm spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye | ||
| wrick, crick, rick, kink English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004) | ||
| myoclonus a clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group | ||
| opisthotonos severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back | ||
| twitch, twitching, vellication a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition | ||
| tenesmus painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome | ||
Verb |
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| cramp - secure with a cramp; "cramp the wood" | ||
| fasten, secure, fix attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" | ||
| cramp - suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle | ||
| sustain, suffer, have, get admit as valid; "The court sustained the motion" | ||
| cramp - affect with or as if with a cramp | ||
| affect act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" | ||
| cramp - prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" | ||
| hamper, halter, strangle | ||
| trammel, limit, throttle, bound, restrict, restrain, confine restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cramp (Noun)
A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled. - cramp (Noun)
A clamp for carpentry or masonry. - cramp (Verb)
Of a muscle To contract painfully and uncontrollably. - cramp (Verb)
To prohibit movement or expression. - cramp (Verb)
To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cramp (n.)
That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance. - cramp (n.)
A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron. - cramp (n.)
A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc. - cramp (n.)
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. - cramp (n.)
A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg. - cramp (v. t.)
To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder. - cramp (v. t.)
To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp. - cramp (v. t.)
to bind together; to unite. - cramp (v. t.)
To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs. - cramp (v. t.)
To afflict with cramp. - cramp (n.)
Knotty; difficult.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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cramp
A painful and involuntary muscular contraction.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cramp
kramp, n. an involuntary and painful contraction of a voluntary muscle or group of muscles: restraint: a piece of iron bent at the ends, for holding together wood, stone, &c.: a tool used by carpenters and others, having a movable part which can be screwed tight so as to press things together.—adj. hard to make out (used of handwriting): cramped: narrow.—v.t. to affect with spasms: to confine: to hinder: to fasten with a cramp-iron.—ns. Cramp′bark, the popular American name of the medicinal Viburnum Oxycoccus; Cramp′-bone, the patella of the sheep, an old charm for cramp; Cramp′-fish, the electric ray or torpedo; Cramp′-ī′ron, a piece of metal bent at both ends for binding things together; Cramp′on, a grappling-iron: a pointed plate for the foot in hill-climbing; Cramp′-ring, a ring formerly blessed by the sovereign on Good-Friday against cramp and the falling sickness.—adj. Cramp′y, affected or diseased with cramp: producing cramp.—Bather's cramp, the popular name for paralysis attacking a person while bathing; Writer's cramp, or Scrivener's palsy, a common disease affecting those in the habit of constant writing, the muscles refusing to obey only on attempting to write. [O. Fr. crampe; cf. Dut. kramp, Ger. krampf.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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cramp
A machine to facilitate the screwing of two pieces of timber together.
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