sprain

Plural: sprains

Noun

• a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
• The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining

Verb

Verb Forms: sprained, spraining, sprains

• To injure a ligament by sudden, violent wrenching.
• twist suddenly so as to sprain
  • "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"
• To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation

Examples

• a bad sprain of the wrist
• A poorly planned word could sprain his chances of winning the Scrabble tournament.
• He sprained his knee after falling off the bicycle.

Synonyms

rick, turn, twist, wrench, wrick, tear, wramp

Anagrams of sprain