cramp

Meanings

• a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
• a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
• a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
• secure with a cramp
  • "cramp the wood"
• prevent the progress or free movement of
• affect with or as if with a cramp
• suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle

Synonyms

cramp iron, halter, hamper, muscle spasm, spasm, strangle