| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  kr m |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: crammed, cram·ming, crams
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space; stuff. 2. To fill too tightly. 3a. To gorge with food. b. To eat quickly and greedily. 4. Informal To prepare (students) hastily for an impending examination. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To gorge oneself with food. 2. Informal To study hastily for an impending examination: was up all night cramming for the history midterm. | | NOUN: | 1. A group that has been crammed together; a crush. 2. Informal Hasty study for an imminent examination. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian. See ger- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | cram mer —NOUN
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