cramp
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English crampe, from Old French crampe, cranpe (“cramp”), from Old Frankish *krampa (“cramp”), from Proto-Germanic *krampō (“cramp, clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *grem- (“to unite; lap, pile, heap”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to unite, collect, forgather”). Cognate with Dutch kramp (“cramp”), German Low German Kramp (“cramp”), German Krampe and Krampf (“cramp”), Swedish kramp (“cramp”), Icelandic krampa (“cramp”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cramp (plural cramps)
- A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.
- A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
painful contraction of a muscle
clamp for carpentry or masonry
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Verb[edit]
cramp (third-person singular simple present cramps, present participle cramping, simple past and past participle cramped)
- (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- (transitive) To prohibit movement or expression.
- You're cramping my style.
- (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill.
Translations[edit]
to contract painfully and uncontrollably
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to prohibit movement or expression
to restrain to a specific physical position
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References[edit]
- “cramp” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
