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cramped up

cramped up is the simple past and past participle of cramp up.

Meaning of cramp up

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

Questions about cramped up

What is cramped up the simple past and past participle of?
Cramped up is the simple past and past participle of cramp up.

Words near cramped up in the dictionary

  1. cramp up
  2. Crampagna
  3. crampbark
  4. cramped
  5. cramped someone's style
  6. cramped up
  7. crampedly
  8. crampedness
  9. cramper
  10. crampers
  11. crampest

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