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cramplike

cramplike adjective: similar to a cramp.

Adjective

cramplike (not comparable)

  1. Similar to a cramp
    • The application was followed at once by terrible pain in the wound; furthermore, there appeared a dry and chappy tongue, intolerable thirst, colics, cramplike contractions of the legs and back, and a weak and irregular pulse.1939, National Health Review, volumes 7–9, page 220

Origin of cramplike

From cramp + -like.

Questions about cramplike

What does cramplike mean?
Cramplike means similar to a cramp.
What part of speech is cramplike?
Cramplike is an adjective.

Words near cramplike in the dictionary

  1. crampingly
  2. crampings
  3. crampish
  4. crampit
  5. crampits
  6. cramplike
  7. crampon
  8. cramponed
  9. cramponee
  10. cramponing
  11. cramponned

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