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spasms

spasms is the plural of spasm.

spasms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spasm.

Meaning of spasm

Noun

spasm (plural spasms)

  1. A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.
    • Jessica went into spasms after eating a peanut.
  2. A violent, excruciating seizure of pain.
  3. A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion.
    • He would use the simplest, plainest language, he said to himself over and over again; but it is not always easy to use simple, plain language,—by no means so easy as to mount on stilts, and to march along with sesquipedalian words, with pathos, spasms, and notes of interjection.1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage

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Phrases with spasms

Questions about spasms

What is spasms the plural of?
Spasms is the plural of spasm.

Words near spasms in the dictionary

  1. spasmophilic
  2. spasmophily
  3. spasmotin
  4. spasmotoxin
  5. spasmous
  6. spasms
  7. spasmus nutans
  8. spastic
  9. spastic abasia
  10. spastic colitis
  11. spastic colon

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