cramp

Meaning

1. A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.
2. That which confines or contracts.
3. A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
4. A 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.

spasm

convulsion

muscle spasm

holding device

severe pain

dog iron

press hard

writer’s cramp

be cramped

have a cramp

cocking piece

algospasm

forefend

blushing bracket

violent pain

tetanilla

attachment clip

dog anchor

sofrer espasmo

binding clasp jaw

pincer clamp

clamp frame

king Alfred’s cakes

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹæmp/

From Middle English crampe, from Old French crampe (“cramp”), from Frankish *krampa (“cramp”), from Proto-West Germanic *krampu, from Proto-Germanic *krampō (“cramp, clasp”). Distant relative of English crop.