cram

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian (“to cram; stuff”), from Proto-West Germanic *krammōn, from Proto-Germanic *krammōną, a secondary verb derived from *krimmaną (“to stuff”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to assemble; collect; gather”). Compare Old English crimman (“to cram; stuff; insert; press; bruise”), Icelandic kremja (“to squeeze; crush; bruise”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɹæm/ Rhymes: -æm === Verb === cram (third-person singular simple present crams, present participle cramming, simple past and past participle crammed) (transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity. (transitive) To fill with food to satiety; to stuff. (transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination. (intransitive) To study hard; to swot. (intransitive) To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself. (intransitive, dated, British slang) To lie; to intentionally not tell the truth. (transitive, dated, British slang) To make (a person) believe false or exaggerated tales. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === cram (countable and uncountable, plural crams) The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something). (slang, dated) Information hastily memorized. (weaving) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. (dated, British slang) A lie; a falsehood. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lie (uncountable) A mathematical board game in which players take turns placing dominoes horizontally or vertically until no more can be placed, the loser being the player who cannot continue. A small friendship book with limited space for people to enter their information. ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== (verb senses: studying and telling lies): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary === See also === cram-cram === Anagrams === MRCA, Marc, macr-, marc, mrca