Definition of spasm in English:

spasm

noun ˈspaz(ə)mˈspæzəm

1A sudden involuntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement.
shifting heavy loads without help brought on muscular back spasms
Example sentencesExamples
- She was curled into a foetal position, her body jerking as fresh spasms of pain hit her.
- Her body jerked once and rigid spasms shook her.
- I was stunned by the sudden pain spasms that quaked straight through my spinal cord and nerves.
- The reasons were unknown, but onlookers seem to agree it looked like convulsions or spasms.
- So much tension brought on spasms of stomach cramps.
- Muscle cramping is a painful, involuntary muscle spasm that regularly frustrates athletes.
- Nitrates have also been shown to relieve coronary spasm.
- Frank's hands jerked in a spasm, his palms sweaty in the enclosure of his shirt.
- Her body convulsed into spasms and the twitching got worse as the situation got worse.
- The spasms had subsided into shivering that came and went with some regularity.
- The slightest movement would send it into spasms.
- The main symptom of a slipped disc is sudden, excruciating back pain with severe back muscle spasm.
- It seemed he was having violent spasms and convulsing.
- The ride home was fairly uneventful, except when Nick started having a sneezing spasm, and mom totally freaked out.
- She has occasional painful muscle spasms in her chest - but her consultant is confident everything is settling down well.
- He was shuddering uncontrollably and his body was racked with spasms.
- When I released her, her body convulsed with spasms of pain.
- Isaac's body jerked, gave a few spasms, twitched a couple times, and got up off the floor.
- He twitched on the ground, spasms running through his body.
- The most severe cases involve intense spasms in which the muscles contract to protect the joint.
Synonyms
convulsion, contraction, throes, cramp
twitch, jerk, tic, start, shudder, shiver, tremor, tremble
1. 1.1 A sudden and brief spell of an activity or sensation.
  a spasm of coughing woke him
  Example sentencesExamples
  Most intriguing on these two brief noise spasms is lead singer Beverly's grating howl.
  The Pritzkers can only hope that all their current troubles will be fleeting, a brief spasm rather than the beginning of a decline in their fortunes.
  The man burst into a quick spasm of crude laughter and then quickly fell silent.
  Swanson's hit-and-miss lyrics, combined with the spasms and outbursts of the moog keyboard, completed the bands' sound.
  Synonyms
  fit, paroxysm, attack, burst, bout, seizure, outburst, outbreak, explosion, access
  informal splurt
  rare ebullition, boutade
2. 1.2mass noun Prolonged involuntary muscle contraction.
  the airways in the lungs go into spasm
  Example sentencesExamples
  Heat is often used after the first 24 to 48 hours to reduce pain, relieve muscle spasm, and improve local blood flow.
  As he twisted around to glance at the television news, his back went into spasm.
  The disease is characterized by a gradual increase in skeletal muscle rigidity and muscle spasm.

verb ˈspaz(ə)mˈspæzəm

[no object]

Experience sudden involuntary muscular contractions; twitch convulsively.
my body spasmed violently
Example sentencesExamples
- The muscles in my lower back had just spasmed.
- Things slowly got worse, despite treatment, until my back began to spasm.
- My chest begins to spasm from lack of oxygen.
- My diaphragm and lungs spasmed so severely that I woke up screaming because the pain was unbelievably excruciating!
- My gut started spasming violently.
- Pain shot through his body and his legs spasmed uncontrollably.
- She abruptly crashes to the floor and begins to spasm as though having a seizure.
- He began to spasm from cramps at the end of a 90-minute practice.
- In fact, my arms were spasming with cramps by the time I got home.
- Beginners are often plagued by this cramp, which strikes like a boxer's body blow and happens when an overworked diaphragm begins to spasm.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French spasme, or via Latin from Greek spasmos, spasma, from span 'pull'.

Rhymes

chasm

Definition of spasm in US English:

spasm

nounˈspæzəmˈspazəm

1A sudden involuntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement.
Example sentencesExamples
- The main symptom of a slipped disc is sudden, excruciating back pain with severe back muscle spasm.
- Her body convulsed into spasms and the twitching got worse as the situation got worse.
- I was stunned by the sudden pain spasms that quaked straight through my spinal cord and nerves.
- The ride home was fairly uneventful, except when Nick started having a sneezing spasm, and mom totally freaked out.
- The spasms had subsided into shivering that came and went with some regularity.
- Muscle cramping is a painful, involuntary muscle spasm that regularly frustrates athletes.
- It seemed he was having violent spasms and convulsing.
- When I released her, her body convulsed with spasms of pain.
- Isaac's body jerked, gave a few spasms, twitched a couple times, and got up off the floor.
- The reasons were unknown, but onlookers seem to agree it looked like convulsions or spasms.
- So much tension brought on spasms of stomach cramps.
- The slightest movement would send it into spasms.
- Frank's hands jerked in a spasm, his palms sweaty in the enclosure of his shirt.
- Her body jerked once and rigid spasms shook her.
- He was shuddering uncontrollably and his body was racked with spasms.
- The most severe cases involve intense spasms in which the muscles contract to protect the joint.
- She has occasional painful muscle spasms in her chest - but her consultant is confident everything is settling down well.
- She was curled into a foetal position, her body jerking as fresh spasms of pain hit her.
- Nitrates have also been shown to relieve coronary spasm.
- He twitched on the ground, spasms running through his body.
Synonyms
convulsion, contraction, throes, cramp
1. 1.1 A sudden and brief spell of an activity or sensation.
  a spasm of coughing woke him
  Example sentencesExamples
  Most intriguing on these two brief noise spasms is lead singer Beverly's grating howl.
  Swanson's hit-and-miss lyrics, combined with the spasms and outbursts of the moog keyboard, completed the bands' sound.
  The Pritzkers can only hope that all their current troubles will be fleeting, a brief spasm rather than the beginning of a decline in their fortunes.
  The man burst into a quick spasm of crude laughter and then quickly fell silent.
  Synonyms
  fit, paroxysm, attack, burst, bout, seizure, outburst, outbreak, explosion, access
2. 1.2 Prolonged involuntary muscle contraction.
  the airways in the lungs go into spasm
  Example sentencesExamples
  Heat is often used after the first 24 to 48 hours to reduce pain, relieve muscle spasm, and improve local blood flow.
  As he twisted around to glance at the television news, his back went into spasm.
  The disease is characterized by a gradual increase in skeletal muscle rigidity and muscle spasm.

verbˈspæzəmˈspazəm

[no object]

Experience sudden involuntary muscular contractions; twitch convulsively.
my body spasmed violently
Example sentencesExamples
- Beginners are often plagued by this cramp, which strikes like a boxer's body blow and happens when an overworked diaphragm begins to spasm.
- My gut started spasming violently.
- The muscles in my lower back had just spasmed.
- In fact, my arms were spasming with cramps by the time I got home.
- Things slowly got worse, despite treatment, until my back began to spasm.
- My diaphragm and lungs spasmed so severely that I woke up screaming because the pain was unbelievably excruciating!
- My chest begins to spasm from lack of oxygen.
- Pain shot through his body and his legs spasmed uncontrollably.
- He began to spasm from cramps at the end of a 90-minute practice.
- She abruptly crashes to the floor and begins to spasm as though having a seizure.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French spasme, or via Latin from Greek spasmos, spasma, from span ‘pull’.

单词	spasm
释义	Definition of spasm in English: spasm noun ˈspaz(ə)mˈspæzəm 1A sudden involuntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement. shifting heavy loads without help brought on muscular back spasms Example sentencesExamples She was curled into a foetal position, her body jerking as fresh spasms of pain hit her. Her body jerked once and rigid spasms shook her. I was stunned by the sudden pain spasms that quaked straight through my spinal cord and nerves. The reasons were unknown, but onlookers seem to agree it looked like convulsions or spasms. So much tension brought on spasms of stomach cramps. Muscle cramping is a painful, involuntary muscle spasm that regularly frustrates athletes. Nitrates have also been shown to relieve coronary spasm. Frank's hands jerked in a spasm, his palms sweaty in the enclosure of his shirt. Her body convulsed into spasms and the twitching got worse as the situation got worse. The spasms had subsided into shivering that came and went with some regularity. The slightest movement would send it into spasms. The main symptom of a slipped disc is sudden, excruciating back pain with severe back muscle spasm. It seemed he was having violent spasms and convulsing. The ride home was fairly uneventful, except when Nick started having a sneezing spasm, and mom totally freaked out. She has occasional painful muscle spasms in her chest - but her consultant is confident everything is settling down well. He was shuddering uncontrollably and his body was racked with spasms. When I released her, her body convulsed with spasms of pain. Isaac's body jerked, gave a few spasms, twitched a couple times, and got up off the floor. He twitched on the ground, spasms running through his body. The most severe cases involve intense spasms in which the muscles contract to protect the joint. Synonyms convulsion, contraction, throes, cramp twitch, jerk, tic, start, shudder, shiver, tremor, tremble 1.1 A sudden and brief spell of an activity or sensation. a spasm of coughing woke him Example sentencesExamples Most intriguing on these two brief noise spasms is lead singer Beverly's grating howl. The Pritzkers can only hope that all their current troubles will be fleeting, a brief spasm rather than the beginning of a decline in their fortunes. The man burst into a quick spasm of crude laughter and then quickly fell silent. Swanson's hit-and-miss lyrics, combined with the spasms and outbursts of the moog keyboard, completed the bands' sound. Synonyms fit, paroxysm, attack, burst, bout, seizure, outburst, outbreak, explosion, access informal splurt rare ebullition, boutade 1.2mass noun Prolonged involuntary muscle contraction. the airways in the lungs go into spasm Example sentencesExamples Heat is often used after the first 24 to 48 hours to reduce pain, relieve muscle spasm, and improve local blood flow. As he twisted around to glance at the television news, his back went into spasm. The disease is characterized by a gradual increase in skeletal muscle rigidity and muscle spasm. verb ˈspaz(ə)mˈspæzəm [no object] Experience sudden involuntary muscular contractions; twitch convulsively. my body spasmed violently Example sentencesExamples The muscles in my lower back had just spasmed. Things slowly got worse, despite treatment, until my back began to spasm. My chest begins to spasm from lack of oxygen. My diaphragm and lungs spasmed so severely that I woke up screaming because the pain was unbelievably excruciating! My gut started spasming violently. Pain shot through his body and his legs spasmed uncontrollably. She abruptly crashes to the floor and begins to spasm as though having a seizure. He began to spasm from cramps at the end of a 90-minute practice. In fact, my arms were spasming with cramps by the time I got home. Beginners are often plagued by this cramp, which strikes like a boxer's body blow and happens when an overworked diaphragm begins to spasm. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French spasme, or via Latin from Greek spasmos, spasma, from span 'pull'. Rhymes chasm Definition of spasm in US English: spasm nounˈspæzəmˈspazəm 1A sudden involuntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement. Example sentencesExamples The main symptom of a slipped disc is sudden, excruciating back pain with severe back muscle spasm. Her body convulsed into spasms and the twitching got worse as the situation got worse. I was stunned by the sudden pain spasms that quaked straight through my spinal cord and nerves. The ride home was fairly uneventful, except when Nick started having a sneezing spasm, and mom totally freaked out. The spasms had subsided into shivering that came and went with some regularity. Muscle cramping is a painful, involuntary muscle spasm that regularly frustrates athletes. It seemed he was having violent spasms and convulsing. When I released her, her body convulsed with spasms of pain. Isaac's body jerked, gave a few spasms, twitched a couple times, and got up off the floor. The reasons were unknown, but onlookers seem to agree it looked like convulsions or spasms. So much tension brought on spasms of stomach cramps. The slightest movement would send it into spasms. Frank's hands jerked in a spasm, his palms sweaty in the enclosure of his shirt. Her body jerked once and rigid spasms shook her. He was shuddering uncontrollably and his body was racked with spasms. The most severe cases involve intense spasms in which the muscles contract to protect the joint. She has occasional painful muscle spasms in her chest - but her consultant is confident everything is settling down well. She was curled into a foetal position, her body jerking as fresh spasms of pain hit her. Nitrates have also been shown to relieve coronary spasm. He twitched on the ground, spasms running through his body. Synonyms convulsion, contraction, throes, cramp 1.1 A sudden and brief spell of an activity or sensation. a spasm of coughing woke him Example sentencesExamples Most intriguing on these two brief noise spasms is lead singer Beverly's grating howl. Swanson's hit-and-miss lyrics, combined with the spasms and outbursts of the moog keyboard, completed the bands' sound. The Pritzkers can only hope that all their current troubles will be fleeting, a brief spasm rather than the beginning of a decline in their fortunes. The man burst into a quick spasm of crude laughter and then quickly fell silent. Synonyms fit, paroxysm, attack, burst, bout, seizure, outburst, outbreak, explosion, access 1.2 Prolonged involuntary muscle contraction. the airways in the lungs go into spasm Example sentencesExamples Heat is often used after the first 24 to 48 hours to reduce pain, relieve muscle spasm, and improve local blood flow. As he twisted around to glance at the television news, his back went into spasm. The disease is characterized by a gradual increase in skeletal muscle rigidity and muscle spasm. verbˈspæzəmˈspazəm [no object] Experience sudden involuntary muscular contractions; twitch convulsively. my body spasmed violently Example sentencesExamples Beginners are often plagued by this cramp, which strikes like a boxer's body blow and happens when an overworked diaphragm begins to spasm. My gut started spasming violently. The muscles in my lower back had just spasmed. In fact, my arms were spasming with cramps by the time I got home. Things slowly got worse, despite treatment, until my back began to spasm. My diaphragm and lungs spasmed so severely that I woke up screaming because the pain was unbelievably excruciating! My chest begins to spasm from lack of oxygen. Pain shot through his body and his legs spasmed uncontrollably. He began to spasm from cramps at the end of a 90-minute practice. She abruptly crashes to the floor and begins to spasm as though having a seizure. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French spasme, or via Latin from Greek spasmos, spasma, from span ‘pull’.
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