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cramp

Definition

  • noun: a sudden painful tightening of muscle in a part of the body
  • noun: a painful involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle
  • verb: to affect with or as if with a cramp or 'cramps'
  • verb: to cause (a part of the body) to feel pain because of tight muscles
  • usually used in plural
  • synonyms: restraint, shackle, hindrance

Examples

  • The keyboard is too 'cramped' to be used by someone with normal-sized hands.

  • The family has been living in the 'cramped' apartment for three months.

  • She felt 'cramped' [='hemmed in'] by the school's strict regulations.

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