spasm
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spasm
- /ˈspæz.m̩/
Rhymes with -æzəm
Where it comes from
From Middle English spasme, from Old French spasme, from Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”), from σπάω (spáō, “to draw out, pull out”).
noun spasms
- A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ. Jessica went into spasms after eating a peanut.
- A violent, excruciating seizure of pain.
- 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.
verb spasms · spasming · spasmed
- To produce and undergo a spasm or series of spasms.
Translations
Every language
noun contraction of a muscle
| Español | espasmo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 경련 gyeongnyeon |
| 日本語 | 痙攣 keiren |
| 中文 | 痙攣 /痉挛 jìngluán |
| Português | espasmo |
| Français | spasme |
| Deutsch | Krampf, Muskelkrampf, Spasmus |
| Italiano | spasmo |
| Ελληνικά | σπασμός spasmós, σύσπαση sýspasi |
| Română | spasm |
| Русский | спазм spazm |
| Tiếng Việt | co thắt |
| العربية | تَشَنُّج tašannuj |
| עברית | עֲוִית 'avít |
noun a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion
| Español | acceso |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Anfall |
| Ελληνικά | κρίση krísi, παροξυσμός paroxysmós |
verb to produce a sudden spasm or uncontrolled movement of the muscles
| Deutsch | verkrampfen, krampfen |
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