Cramp
noun
A sudden pain in a muscle, often in the leg or foot, that temporarily makes it difficult or impossible to move.
John got a cramp in his side as he was running.
Often appears as...
- muscle cramp
- severe cramp
verb
To suffer from cramps, or to cause someone to have cramps.
Eating too much before exercise can cramp your muscles.
Often appears as...
- cramp up
- cramp one's style
noun
A device made of metal that is used to hold pieces of wood together while they are glued.
She used a cramp to hold the wood boards together while the glue dried.
Often appears as...
- metal cramp
- wood cramp
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To limit someone, or to stop something from growing or developing.
Lack of funds has cramped the company's development.
Often appears as...
- cramp one's style
- cramp growth
noun
A sudden pain in a muscle, often in the leg or foot, that temporarily makes it difficult or impossible to move.
John got a cramp in his side as he was running.
Often appears as...
- muscle cramp
- severe cramp
verb
To suffer from cramps, or to cause someone to have cramps.
Eating too much before exercise can cramp your muscles.
Often appears as...
- cramp up
- cramp one's style
noun
A device made of metal that is used to hold pieces of wood together while they are glued.
She used a cramp to hold the wood boards together while the glue dried.
Often appears as...
- metal cramp
- wood cramp
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To limit someone, or to stop something from growing or developing.
Lack of funds has cramped the company's development.
Often appears as...
- cramp one's style
- cramp growth
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden and Intense
A cramp is a sharp pain that starts suddenly and is usually intense, making it memorable.
During the swim, I had a cramp that made me stop mid-lap.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Activities
Cramps often occur during exercise, but they can also happen when you're still, especially at night.
I was just sitting when a leg cramp struck out of nowhere.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Discomfort
While painful, cramps are temporary and usually pass if you stretch or massage the area.
She did some stretches to ease the cramp in her calf.
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden and Intense
A cramp is a sharp pain that starts suddenly and is usually intense, making it memorable.
During the swim, I had a cramp that made me stop mid-lap.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Activities
Cramps often occur during exercise, but they can also happen when you're still, especially at night.
I was just sitting when a leg cramp struck out of nowhere.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Discomfort
While painful, cramps are temporary and usually pass if you stretch or massage the area.
She did some stretches to ease the cramp in her calf.
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden and Intense
A cramp is a sharp pain that starts suddenly and is usually intense, making it memorable.
During the swim, I had a cramp that made me stop mid-lap.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Activities
Cramps often occur during exercise, but they can also happen when you're still, especially at night.
I was just sitting when a leg cramp struck out of nowhere.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Discomfort
While painful, cramps are temporary and usually pass if you stretch or massage the area.
She did some stretches to ease the cramp in her calf.
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Making waves: The power...
can plunge deep down into the water column. In these colder depths, the comparative lack of solar warmth makes water molecules sluggish, meaning they can sit quite still at high concentrations. No jostling here. But seeking relief from the cramped conditions they're in, they soon start moving upwards
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Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
housing and transportation. So in this case, the worm grows up inside the cricket and once it gets a little cramped in there, it wants to come out. And really this worm has a free living part of its life stage. It doesn't live his whole life in the cricket. But the problem is where it comes out,
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Love, no matter what PIPE...
And at the end of five hours, they said that his brain was completely clear and that he was by then extending his legs correctly. And when I asked the pediatrician what had been going on, she said she thought in the morning, he had probably had a cramp. But I thought --
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A day in the life of an...
and moved inside the walls surrounding their city and port, now provisioned by a superior fleet and extensive maritime empire. The cramped conditions have taken a toll and a recent plague wiped out a third of the population. But city life goes on.
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The Japanese folktale of...
He soon came to a cramped cottage, with a woman crumpled outside. Filled with pity, the scholar implored the woman to share her sorrow. She explained that her mother had just died— but no one would help her with the burial.
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Most Soothing Sir David...
But how do the chicks break out from the cramped confines of the egg? How come the shell that's been strong enough to protect the chick from the outside world, be also weak enough to allow the chick to break it?
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Elon Musk: A future...
We want to make it available to anyone who wants to go. It's very important to emphasize that Mars, especially in the beginning, will not be luxurious. It will be dangerous, cramped, difficult, hard work.
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Catching up with...
top universities that must be pretty challenging going there how much of that course were you able to complete it was it was real like challenging when I started it was mostly like he cramping
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The Miracle of Hatching...
cramped confines of the egg how can the shell that's been strong enough to protect the chick from the outside world be also weak enough to allow the chick to break it
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A Collection Of Wild...
months ago the world he came into was small and cramped he had fur but his eyes were closed he wasn't any bigger than a guinea pig
Video examples
Making waves: The power...
can plunge deep down into the water column. In these colder depths, the comparative lack of solar warmth makes water molecules sluggish, meaning they can sit quite still at high concentrations. No jostling here. But seeking relief from the cramped conditions they're in, they soon start moving upwards
Video examples
Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
housing and transportation. So in this case, the worm grows up inside the cricket and once it gets a little cramped in there, it wants to come out. And really this worm has a free living part of its life stage. It doesn't live his whole life in the cricket. But the problem is where it comes out,
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Love, no matter what PIPE...
And at the end of five hours, they said that his brain was completely clear and that he was by then extending his legs correctly. And when I asked the pediatrician what had been going on, she said she thought in the morning, he had probably had a cramp. But I thought --
Video examples
A day in the life of an...
and moved inside the walls surrounding their city and port, now provisioned by a superior fleet and extensive maritime empire. The cramped conditions have taken a toll and a recent plague wiped out a third of the population. But city life goes on.
Video examples
The Japanese folktale of...
He soon came to a cramped cottage, with a woman crumpled outside. Filled with pity, the scholar implored the woman to share her sorrow. She explained that her mother had just died— but no one would help her with the burial.
Video examples
Most Soothing Sir David...
But how do the chicks break out from the cramped confines of the egg? How come the shell that's been strong enough to protect the chick from the outside world, be also weak enough to allow the chick to break it?
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
We want to make it available to anyone who wants to go. It's very important to emphasize that Mars, especially in the beginning, will not be luxurious. It will be dangerous, cramped, difficult, hard work.
Video examples
Catching up with...
top universities that must be pretty challenging going there how much of that course were you able to complete it was it was real like challenging when I started it was mostly like he cramping
Video examples
The Miracle of Hatching...
cramped confines of the egg how can the shell that's been strong enough to protect the chick from the outside world be also weak enough to allow the chick to break it
Video examples
A Collection Of Wild...
months ago the world he came into was small and cramped he had fur but his eyes were closed he wasn't any bigger than a guinea pig
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Roman Reigns
American Wrestler
Just getting from the airport straight to the gym is gonna be your best bet to knock off that rust and wake yourself up and get that blood flowing. You sit in a car or a plane cramped up, you lose a lot of blood flow and get that swelling in your legs. There are all kinds of dangers in sitting still too long.
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Nicholas Soames
British Politician
As the world has grown bigger for our country, the opportunities greater, the chances more glittering for our commerce and our people, too many of those who practice politics have taken a cramped and limited view of Europe and the rest of the world.
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Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian Chef
Certain foods are good for preparing your body for an intense workout and giving you the energy you need to endure it. Others are great for after exercising to help you maintain calorie burning, build muscle, and prevent cramping.
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Gabriel Jesus
Brazilian Athlete
I played street football from the age of seven and later went into the varzea. Sometimes I'd play as many as three or four matches a day: I couldn't get enough of it. It'd get to the point when my muscles would cramp up.
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Kathryn Prescott
English Actress
My parents were always pretty free with me. They were of the school of thought that if you really cramp down on someone and tell them not to do all these things, it's gonna become like forbidden fruit.
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Rick Nielsen
American Musician
The only time I have a problem is when I have to get in a vehicle after we play and sit there in a cramped position for a couple of hours to drive to the next place. Then I get super stiff.
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Jane Levy
American Actress
Auditioning is such an unnatural thing. You're in a tiny little room with, like, seven people cramped together, acting to a casting director; just, none of it makes any sense.
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John Mortimer
English Novelist
Knowing the law is not much help for an advocate. In fact, it's a bit of a disadvantage, cramps your style.
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Steven Brust
American Author
No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style.
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Sophie Swetchine
Russian Author
The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
Quote examples
Roman Reigns
American Wrestler
Just getting from the airport straight to the gym is gonna be your best bet to knock off that rust and wake yourself up and get that blood flowing. You sit in a car or a plane cramped up, you lose a lot of blood flow and get that swelling in your legs. There are all kinds of dangers in sitting still too long.
Quote examples
Nicholas Soames
British Politician
As the world has grown bigger for our country, the opportunities greater, the chances more glittering for our commerce and our people, too many of those who practice politics have taken a cramped and limited view of Europe and the rest of the world.
Quote examples
Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian Chef
Certain foods are good for preparing your body for an intense workout and giving you the energy you need to endure it. Others are great for after exercising to help you maintain calorie burning, build muscle, and prevent cramping.
Quote examples
Gabriel Jesus
Brazilian Athlete
I played street football from the age of seven and later went into the varzea. Sometimes I'd play as many as three or four matches a day: I couldn't get enough of it. It'd get to the point when my muscles would cramp up.
Quote examples
Kathryn Prescott
English Actress
My parents were always pretty free with me. They were of the school of thought that if you really cramp down on someone and tell them not to do all these things, it's gonna become like forbidden fruit.
Quote examples
Rick Nielsen
American Musician
The only time I have a problem is when I have to get in a vehicle after we play and sit there in a cramped position for a couple of hours to drive to the next place. Then I get super stiff.
Quote examples
Jane Levy
American Actress
Auditioning is such an unnatural thing. You're in a tiny little room with, like, seven people cramped together, acting to a casting director; just, none of it makes any sense.
Quote examples
John Mortimer
English Novelist
Knowing the law is not much help for an advocate. In fact, it's a bit of a disadvantage, cramps your style.
Quote examples
Steven Brust
American Author
No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style.
Quote examples
Sophie Swetchine
Russian Author
The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
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