the brim.
2. force down or in, ram down, pack in, push in, shove in, press in; jam, squeeze, compress, condense.
3. overfeed, overeat, overdrink, overindulge, overdo; glut, gorge, cloy, satiate, surfeit, eat one's fill; gormandize, Archaic, gluttonize, eat greedily, SI. pig out, SI. munch out, put down or away, pack in; devour, raven, consume, eat up, drink up, absorb, swallow; bolt, gobble, Inf. wolf down, gulp, guzzle, swill, swig; drain, empty, finish, finish off, SI. polish off, SI. knock off, make short work of.
cramp1, n. 1. (often pi.) muscular contraction, spasm, convulsion, crick, stitch, crink, throe, pang.
-v. 2. convulse, affect with spasms; incapacitate, cripple, paralyze, lame, maim; hamstring, undermine, unfit, invalidate.
cramp2, n. 1. clamp, staple, clasp, fastening.
2. obstruction, block, check, barrier, damper, stopper; restriction, hindrance, stoppage, preclusion, restraint.
-v. 3. secure, fasten, clamp, staple.
4. confine, restrict, restrain, hamper, hinder, impede, bridle; check, arrest, abort; obstruct, handicap, encumber, clog, saddle with, tie the hands.
5. steer, direct, drive.
6. cramp one's style Informal, thwart, frustrate, inhibit, foil, balk; restrain, restrict, hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct.
-adj. 7. indecipherable, illegible, difficult to understand, knotty.
8. contracted, narrow, close, crowded, confined, incommodious, tight, limited, convulsive,
cramped, adj. 1. stiff, abrupt, dry, harsh, blunt, crabbed; formal, labored, ponderous, forced, artificial; ungraceful, awkward, graceless, unpolished.
2. indecipherable. See - cramp2 (def. 1).
3. narrow. See - cramp2 (def. 8).
crane, n. derrick, winch, hoist, tackle, halyard, davit; lift, elevator, dumbwaiter; windlass, capstan, gin, pulley.
cranium, n. skull, brainpan, sconce, Anat. pericranium; head, crown, pate, poll, Archaic, costard, Archaic. mazard; Inf. noggin, Inf. noddle, SI. bean, SI. noodle, SI. nob, SI. nut.
crank, n. 1. lever, arm, bar, shaft, spindle, crankshaft; handle, Print, rounce; pulley, gin, windlass, capstan.
2. grouch, crab, bear, churl, Inf. sourpuss; scold, nag, shrew, virago; scowler, snarler, frowner, wasp, Inf. crosspatch.
3. zealot, fanatic, bigot, maniac, monomaniac; fan, enthusiast, devotee, buff, Inf. nut; eccentric, character, oddity, Inf. crackpot, Don Quixote, SI. bird.
4. whim, notion, fancy, caprice, whimsy; quirk, quiddity, quip, crotchet, kink, vagary.
-v. 5. start, turn over, get going, rev, spin,
cranky, adj. 1. grouchy, crabby, surly, sour, moody, crotchety; sulky, morose, sullen, whining; irascible, waspish, gruff, churlish, bearish; cross, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humored; irritable, splenetic, fretful, choleric; testy, petulant, snappish, peevish, captious, perverse; cantankerous, querulous, quarrelsome, contentious.
2. eccentric, odd, queer, bizarre, pixilated; capricious, whimsical, fickle; erratic, inconsistent, impulsive, flighty.
3. shaky, rickety, tottering, teetery; unsteady, precarious, unsound.
4. crooked, bent, curved, hooked, zigzag, angular; tortuous, sinuous, serpentine, winding.