Definitions
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“He retired hurt at 31 due to a leg cramp.”
“August 1534, Margaret Roper (or Thomas More in her name), letter to Alice Alington the cramp also that divers nights gripeth him in his legs.”
“A narrow Fortune is undoubtedly a Cramp to a great Mind.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Muscle spasm”5 letters
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