Dictionary Entry
spasm
spasm is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses
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- 1transitive verb
An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.
- 2transitive verb
A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance.
- 3noun
(pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
- 4noun
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
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