WRITER'S CRAMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does writer's cramp mean? 

• WRITER'S CRAMP (noun)
  The noun WRITER'S CRAMP has 1 sense:

1. muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil

  Familiarity information: WRITER'S CRAMP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRITER'S CRAMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

graphospasm; writer's cramp

Hypernyms ("writer's cramp" is a kind of...):

cramp; muscle spasm; spasm (a painful and involuntary muscular contraction)