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Cramp

noun
/kɹæmp/
Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.nounA painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.
2.nounThat which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
3.nounA clamp for carpentry or masonry.
4.nounA 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.
5.verb(of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
6.verbTo affect with cramps or spasms.
7.verbTo prohibit movement or expression of.
"You're cramping my style."
8.verbTo restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
"You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill."
9.verbTo fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
10.verb(by extension) To bind together; to unite.
11.verbTo form on a cramp.
"to cramp boot legs"
12.adjectiveCramped; narrow

Synonyms

hamperspasmhaltercramp ironcrickkinkclampbandcontractionwriter's crampconvulsionclenching

Rhymes With

trampscampcampdampclampstamprampchamp
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