A cramp is a painful, unpleasant sensation that is caused due to the contraction of muscles. They can be caused due to cold, overexertion, and illness or poisoning. There are two main causes of cramp â inadequate oygenation of the muscles and the lack of water or salt. Neck Cramps.
syn: deviate, digress, diverge imply turning or going aside from a path. To deviate is to stray from a usual or established standard, course of action, or route: Fear made him deviate from the truth. To digress is to wander from the main theme in speaking or writing: The speaker digressed to relate an amusing anecdote.
n. 1  A turning away or aside from a normal course. 2  An abnormality. 3  Deviant behavior or attitudes. 4  The difference, especially the absolute difference, between one number in a set and the mean of the set.