noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A spasm.

   "She made only one sound: the rhythmic “Hmph. Hmph. Hmph” of air being shoved from her lungs by weighted urgent spasmings."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of spasm form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

crampcrickparoxysmseizurethroetwitch

Example

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"She made only one sound: the rhythmic “Hmph. Hmph. Hmph” of air being shoved from her lungs by weighted urgent spasmings."

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