cramp
PATHOLOGICAL, OFTEN PAINFUL, INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTRACTION
Cramps; Muscle cramps; Muscle cramp; Cramping; Leg cramps; Leg cramp; Calf cramps; Muscle catching; Muscle catch; Muscular cramp; Nocturnal leg cramps; Abdominal cramp; Legs cramps; Stomach cramp
(cramps, cramping, cramped)
1.
Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.
Hillsden was complaining of cramp in his calf muscles...
She started getting stomach cramps this morning.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
2.
If someone or something cramps your style, their presence or existence restricts your behaviour in some way. (INFORMAL)
Like more and more women, she believes marriage would cramp her style.
PHRASE: V inflects