Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 23 compound words that contain cramp. The most common are listed below. Open cramp in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- writer's crampA debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil.
- cramp ironAn iron bar, bent at right angles at each end, used to hold masonry together.
- cramp ringA ring worn to supposedly prevent cramp, epilepsy and associated diseases, especially one specifically blessed by an English monarch before the Reformation.
- menstrual crampSynonym of period pain; dysmenorrhea.
- cramp ballAnnulohypoxylon.
- cramp barkAlternative form of crampbark: A highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus).
- cramp ringsplural of cramp ring: A ring worn to supposedly prevent cramp, epilepsy and associated diseases, especially one specifically blessed by an English monarch before the Reformation.
- cramp fasciculation syndromeA rare peripheral-nerve hyperexcitability disorder that causes fasciculations, cramps, pain, fatigue, and muscle stiffness.
- musician's crampDystonia caused by playing a musical instrument.
- brain crampA temporary mental lapse, such as an inability to remember something, to focus one's attention, to understand something, or to perform some other mental task of which one would ordinarily be capable.
- cramp someone's styleTo restrict someone's free action or expression.
- cramp boneThe patella of a sheep, formerly used as a charm against cramp.
- cramp upTo become affected with muscle cramps.
- cramp bonesplural of cramp bone: The patella of a sheep, formerly used as a charm against cramp.
- cramp ironsplural of cramp iron: An iron bar, bent at right angles at each end, used to hold masonry together.
- bather's crampA form of paralysis encountered by swimmers.
Compound words 23
- crampyCharacterised by cramp.
- crampishSomewhat crampy.
- cramplikeSimilar to a cramp
- crampbarkA highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus).
- cramperA person who gets cramps.
- crampetA cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard.
- crampfishA type of electric ray
- crampweedSynonym of silverweed: Any of several species of low-growing flowering plants, the leaves of which are silvery underneath, some now assigned to the genus Argentina, most previously assigned to genus Potentilla.
- recrampTo cramp again.
- uncrampTo recover, or cause to recover, from cramp or from being cramped or confined.