contractions
Don't and won't
Contractions are shortened forms created by combining words and omitting letters, marked by an apostrophe: can't, won't, I'm, they're.
In physiology, contractions are the tightening of muscles—particularly the rhythmic uterine contractions of labor: Her contractions were five minutes apart.
Any shortening or shrinking can be called a contraction: economic contraction, the contraction of a cooling metal.
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- dilationWidening of an opening
- crowningInstalling as monarch
- pushingApplying force to move
birthing · epidural · midwife · cervix · labour · cesarean · forceps · parturition
Mark showing ownership
- elisionDropped sounds in speech
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
- negationDenial or cancellation
- pronounNoun's grammatical replacement
don't · can't · won't · isn't · aren't · couldn't · wouldn't · shouldn't
Informal negative contraction
- gonnaCasual "will" contraction
- wannaDesire to, casually
- y'allInformal plural you
- gottaColloquial for must
lemme · kinda · dunno · outta · finna · betcha · whatcha · hafta
Involuntary muscle contraction
- crampPainful muscle seizure
- tighteningMaking less loose
- twitchInvoluntary muscular jerk
- tensionStretched or strained state
flexion · seizure · charley horse · involuntary · tetany · fasciculation · myoclonus · clenching
labor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
pushing · birthing · epidural · midwife · cervix · labour · cesarean · forceps · parturition · postpartum
apostrophe
Mark showing ownership
pronoun · don't · can't · won't · isn't · aren't · couldn't · wouldn't · shouldn't · hasn't
ain't
Informal negative contraction
gotta · lemme · kinda · dunno · outta · finna · betcha · whatcha · hafta · coulda
spasm
Involuntary muscle contraction
- crampPainful muscle seizure
- tighteningMaking less loose
- twitchInvoluntary muscular jerk
tension · flexion · seizure · charley horse · involuntary · tetany · fasciculation · myoclonus · clenching · convulsion
shrinkage
Decrease in size
deflation · reduction · slowdown · tightening · decrease · slump · pullback · retrenchment
- Maternity Wardmaternity ward, labor and delivery, delivery room, labor room, midwife
- Pregnancy Symptomsmorning sickness, baby bump, cravings, nausea, fatigue
- Informal Languageslang, idioms, colloquialisms, expressions, street talk
- childbirthlabor, pushing, dilation, birth, crowning
- labor signswater breaking, mucus plug, dilation, effacement, active labor
- postpartumafterpains, involution, lactation, milk production, colostrum
contractionsexpansions
Increases in size
relaxations · dilations · extensions · expanded forms · enlargements
contractionsexpansions
Increases in size
booms · recoveries · upturns · bull markets · economic growth
- contractions starting
- warm up contractions
- economic contractionDecline in monetary activity
- muscle contractionFibers tensing and shortening
- contraction timingMeasuring labor interval duration
- uterine contractionsInvoluntary womb muscle tightening