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v. Present participle of cramp.

"At first the plan backfired -- with Richard Gephardt, Al Gore, and Michael Dukakis dividing the white vote, the surprise beneficiary of the first Super Tuesday was Jesse Jackson -- but it did succeed in cramping the hopes of Carter-style insurgents by denying them time to capitalize on early successes in the small states."

cramped    cramping    crampness    cramps   

affect    sustain    get    have    suffer    fix    secure    fasten    slip    strip   

compositors'    accommodation cramp    pianists'    professional cramp    writers' cramp    lock-filers' cramp   

restraint    shackle    hindrance    unite    knotty    difficult    crowd    stuff    press    surfeit   

Camp    Champ    amp    camp    champ    clamp    damp    decamp    encamp    gamp   

narrow    stuffy    dim    dingy    dusty    uncomfortable    spacious    gloomy    dank    windowless