cramps

Noun

• a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
• a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
• a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
• plural of cramp
• A cramping of muscles, especially in the abdomen or uterus.

Verb

• secure with a cramp
• prevent the progress or free movement of
• affect with or as if with a cramp
• suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
• third-person singular simple present indicative of cramp

Synonyms

cramp, cramp iron, halter, hamper, muscle spasm, spasm, strangle