Definitions For Cramp

noun

• A strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
• A clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
• A painful and involuntary muscular contraction
• To cause (a part of the body) to feel pain because of tight muscles : to cause a cramp in (your hand, foot, etc.)
• To have a sudden painful tightening of muscles : to experience a cramp or cramps
• To prevent (something) from developing or growing freely

verb

• Suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
• Affect with or as if with a cramp
• Prevent the progress or free movement of
• Secure with a cramp