Idiom idiom
writer's cramp
Meaning
A debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My hand hurts from writer's cramp.”
“After writing the long essay by hand, she had to stop because of severe writer's cramp.”
“The novelist struggled to finish the final chapter, his fingers stiff and aching from a persistent case of writer's cramp.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026