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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cramp1 /kræmp/USA pronunciation n. - PathologyOften, cramps.[plural] a sudden and uncontrolled spasm of a muscle, as in a limb or bodily organ:had cramps in his stomach.
v. - Pathologyto (cause to) feel a cramp: [no object]My muscles cramp at the slightest bit of cold.[~ + — object]The cold cramped my leg muscles.
cramp2 /kræmp/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to restrict or hamper:I was cramped in the tiny room with a small desk and computer.
Idioms- Idioms cramp one's style, to prevent one from showing one's best abilities:She cramped my style with her constant interruptions.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cramp1 (kramp),USA pronunciation n. - PathologyOften, cramps.
- a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, esp. of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain.
- a piercing pain in the abdomen.
- an intermittent, painful contraction of structures of a wall containing involuntary muscle, as in biliary colic or in the uterine contractions of menstruation or of labor.
- PathologySee writer's cramp.
v.t. - Pathologyto affect with or as if with a cramp.
- Gmc; cognate with Middle Dutch crampe, Old Saxon krampo, Old High German krampfo; derivative of adjective, adjectival meaning narrow, constrained, bent; compare Old High German krampf, Old Norse krappr; akin to crimp
- Old French
- Middle English crampe 1325–75
- BuildingSee cramp iron.
- Buildinga portable frame or tool with a movable part that can be screwed up to hold things together;
clamp. - anything that confines or restrains.
- a cramped state or part.
v.t. - to fasten or hold with a cramp.
- to confine narrowly;
restrict;
restrain;
hamper. - Automotiveto turn (the front wheels of a motor vehicle) by means of the steering gear;
steer. - cramp one's style, [Informal.]to prevent one from showing one's best abilities.
adj. - cramped2.
- Middle Dutch: hook. See cramp1
- late Middle English crampe 1375–1425
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