Reverse Dictionary: SPRAIN

ADJECTIVES
► SPRUNG of a part of the body: sprained, strained → 1912 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► DINDLE a slight sprain → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► KECK a twist to one side; a sprain; an injury to the spine causing deformity → 1901 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RACK a sprain, wrench, dislocation → 1761 Sc.
► RAMP a severe wrench; a sprain → 1783 Eng. dial.
► RANCH a sprain (dialect form of ‘wrench’) → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAX a strain; a sprain; a wrench of a limb or a muscle → 1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RICK a sprain, strain, wrench → 1852 Eng. dial.
► THROW a twist, a wrench, a sprain; the act of twisting or wriggling; a turn of the hand → 1785 Sc.
► WRAMP a severe wrench; a sprain → 1783 Eng. dial.

VERBS
► RACK to wrench, to sprain, to dislocate, to twist → 1761 Sc.
► RAMP to sprain; to tear violently → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RANCH to sprain (dialect form of ‘wrench’) → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► REIST to strain or sprain the wrist → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► RICK to sprain, to strain, to twist, to wrench → 1809 Eng. dial.
► SPRING to sprain or strain a part of the body → 1853 Amer. dial.
► THROW to twist; to wreath, to wind; to wrench, to sprain; to wring the neck; to turn a key; to torture, esp. by twisting a cord round the head → 1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WRAMP to sprain; to tear violently → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)