cramp - noun

a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

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

cramp - verb

• secure with a cramp
• prevent the progress or free movement of
• affect with or as if with a cramp
• suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle

cramp - thesaurus

halter   hamper   spasm   strangle