Meaning & Definition of Cramp in English

1. A painful and involuntary muscular contraction

2. A clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued

3. A strip of metal with ends bent at right angles

• Used to hold masonry together

1. Secure with a cramp

• "Cramp the wood"

2. Prevent the progress or free movement of

• "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"

• "The imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

3. Affect with or as if with a cramp

4. Suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle