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cramp up

cramp up verb: to become affected with muscle cramps.

Verb

cramp up (third-person singular simple present cramps up, present participle cramping up, simple past and past participle cramped up)

  1. (intransitive) To become affected with muscle cramps.
    • I was wondering if you could let me out of this chest. I've been locked in here so long, I'm starting to cramp up like you wouldn't believe.2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Hooktail Castle

Forms of cramp up

third-person singular presentcramps up
present participlecramping up
past participlecramped up
pastcramped up

Questions about cramp up

What does cramp up mean?
Cramp up means to become affected with muscle cramps.
What part of speech is cramp up?
Cramp up is a verb.
What is the past tense of cramp up?
The past tense of cramp up is cramped up.

Words near cramp up in the dictionary

  1. cramp iron
  2. cramp irons
  3. cramp ring
  4. cramp rings
  5. cramp someone's style
  6. cramp up
  7. Crampagna
  8. crampbark
  9. cramped
  10. cramped someone's style
  11. cramped up

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