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cram

1 of 2

verb

crammed; cramming

transitive verb

1
: to pack tight : jam
cram a suitcase with clothes
a novel crammed with surprises
2
a
: to fill with food to satiety : stuff
b
: to eat voraciously : bolt
the child crams her food
3
: to thrust in or as if in a rough or forceful manner
crammed the letters into his pocket
4
: to prepare hastily for an examination
cram the students for the test

intransitive verb

1
: to eat greedily or to satiety : stuff
2
: to study a subject intensively especially for an imminent examination
crammer noun

cram

2 of 2

noun

1
: a compressed multitude or crowd : crush
2
: last-minute study especially for an examination

Example Sentences

Verb He crammed the suitcase with his clothes. Before the trip I crammed my head with information about Spain. Noun battling the rush-hour cram in the subway
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The strappy shoe features an open toe, which is often more comfortable than an enclosed style that can cram your toes together. Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 29 July 2022 That question wasn’t juxtaposed with other expectations that people have of their kids’ schools, such as teaching critical reading skills, science, technology, engineering and math and other subjects that teachers must cram into a student’s day. Laura Hancock, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022 The Murnanian first-person narrator is not identical to Gerald Murnane, and the people who reside in the narrator’s thoughts are not exactly characters—or not of the kind that authors cram full of inner lives in their pursuit of lifelikeness. Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Hundreds of strangers who have been God-knows-where over the past few days cram into a metal tube for hours on end. Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 19 July 2022 As if wasn’t enough to cram what normally is a two-year build-up into 10 months. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2022 Seeing the tears, the family driving agreed to cram her mother and sister into the vehicles, leaving their luggage behind. Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022 The squeegee kids are individuals with different personalities, family situations and unmet needs, and trying to cram them into one description takes away their humanity. Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 By trying to cram in too many details of a long, shaggy saga, the busy show strains for uplift. Misha Berson, Variety, 14 June 2022
Noun
By putting lessons online, edtech’s promise was that students anywhere could access top teaching talent at affordable prices, rather than relying on neighborhood private tutors and cram schools. Shefali Anand, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022 From an incoming freshman to a first-year grad student, the 10 looks ahead will inspire you for every class, cram session, and party lined up this semester. Jake Smith, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2022 For Carr, the last seven months have been one prolonged cram session. Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 The extended preview period became a non-stop cram session for the cast, who were flooded with daily rewrites and got through performances by hiding crib notes on the set. Maryrose Wood, Variety, 12 Aug. 2022 Here’s a brief look at some of what did — and didn’t — get done during the Legislature’s all-night cram session. Christina Prignano, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022 But Friday’s program also served as an evening-length cram session on composer William Levi Dawson (1899-1990). Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2022 With no attendance limits in place, more than 300,000 cram into Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the Sunday before Memorial Day. Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Feb. 2022 As farmers, goats, street vendors, chickens, scuba divers and more cram onto the bus, Khan squeezes in Swahili and Arabic words, and López loads head scarves and umbrellas with African patterns. Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian; akin to Old Norse kremja to squeeze

First Known Use

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun

1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of cram was before the 12th century

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