CRAMPING - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles

Example: used to hold masonry together

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

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

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Verb

secure with a cramp

Example: cramp the wood

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Verb

prevent the progress or free movement of

Example: He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather; the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Verb

suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Verb

affect with or as if with a cramp