a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

[ Syn: spasm , muscle spasm ]

a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued

a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together

[ Syn: cramp iron ]

secure with a cramp; cramp the wood'

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

[ Syn: hamper , halter , strangle ]

affect with or as if with a cramp

suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle