1. A painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
   "The athlete suffered a sprain in her ankle during the game"

1. Twist suddenly so as to sprain
   "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell";
   - twist, wrench, turn, wrick, rick

Derived forms: sprained, sprains, spraining

Type of: injure, pull, twist, wound, wrench

Encyclopedia: Sprain