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Added 9 October 2026

cram

/kɹæm/ verb

In Latin: stīpō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cram at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.
to cram fruit into a basket; to cram a room with people
To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
The boy crammed himself with cake
To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.
A pupil is crammed by his tutor.

noun

The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something).
Information hastily memorized.
a cram from an examination
A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.

Origin

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”).

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