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Uncommoncramps
The correct spelling is cramps.
How to pronounce cramps
noun
IPA: /kɹæmps/
Say it like: Cra-mps
The correct spelling is cramps. A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled. For example: "You're cramping my style."
Usage Examples
“You're cramping my style.”
“You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill.”
“to cramp boot legs”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.
- 2.That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
- 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.
- 5.A cramping of muscles, especially in the abdomen or uterus.
verb
- 1.(of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- 2.To affect with cramps or spasms.
- 3.To prohibit movement or expression of.
- 4.To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- 5.To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
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