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cramming, present participle; crammed, past participle; crams, 3rd person singular present; crammed, past tense;
  1. Completely fill (a place or container) to the point that it appears to be overflowing
    • - the ashtray by the bed was crammed with cigarette butts
    • - it's amazing how you've managed to cram everyone in
  2. (of a number of people) Enter a place or space that is or seems to be too small to accommodate all of them
    • - they all crammed into the car
  3. Put (something) quickly or roughly into something that is or appears to be too small to contain it
    • - he crammed the sandwiches into his mouth
    • - he had crammed so much into his short life
  4. Study intensively over a short period of time just before an examination
    • - lectures were called off so students could cram for finals
  1. jam: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
  2. put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase"
  3. study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
  4. prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
  5. Cram is a game show that aired as an original series for the Game Show Network (now GSN) in 2003. The show featured two teams, each composed of two contestants. ...
  6. Cram is a mathematical game played on a sheet of graph paper. It is the impartial version of Domineering and the only difference in the rules is that each player may place their dominoes in either orientation, but it results in a very different game. ...
  7. The following list of Middle-earth food and drink includes all fictional items of food and drink featured in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings.
  8. Cram is an application for Apple's Mac OS X and iPhone OS developed by Patrick Chukwura and Ashli Norton of SimpleLeap Software.
  9. Cram is a surname, and may refer to
  10. (Cramming (fraud)) Cramming is a form of fraud in which small charges are added to a bill by a third party without the subscriber's consent or disclosure. These may be disguised as a tax or some other common fee, and may be several dollars or even just a few cents. ...
  11. (Cramming (memorization)) In education, cramming (also known as mugging) is the practice of working intensively to absorb large volumes of informational material in short amounts of time. It is often done by students in preparation for upcoming exams. ...
  12. The act of cramming; Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination; A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed; To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to ...
  13. (CRAMMING) A practice in which customers are billed for enhanced features such as voice mail, caller-ID and call-waiting that they have not ordered.
  14. (Cramming) Adding charges to a bill without a customer’s approval. This practice is illegal and penalties are enforced by the PUC.
  15. Cramming happens when a company places charges or services on your phone bill that you did not order or authorize.
  16. (Cramming) The unauthorized addition of services or features to your telephone service. These services may be such things as voice mail, caller ID, special service packages or fee-for-service charges such as 900 calls.
  17. (Cramming) A fraud in which telephone companies charge customers for products or services such as voice mail that the customer never ordered and may not have received.
  18. (Cramming) Attempting to learn all the material for an upcoming test by studying the night before, sometimes referred to as “pulling an all-nighter,” in order to memorize key materials. ...
  19. (Cramming) Beware of anyone practicing cramming. This is an illegal activity practiced by some long-distance carriers, who will bill you for additional services that you never requested. ...
  20. (Cramming) Learning by rote for an examination.
  21. (Cramming) Refers to a process of studying at the last minute where a large amount of information must be learned in a short amount of time just prior to an exam. This is not usually an effective method of studying for exams.
  22. (Cramming) Term used to describe the situation where a consumer is charged for services or equipment that the consumer did not request.
  23. (Cramming) The automatic addition of unwanted and unasked for services to a Telecomm account.  Further defined as chargeable items.  These items will be displayed on customer bills.
  24. to study for a test, usually the night before, in a short period of time - implies that one has not studied the material earlier and must try to condense it into a short period of time
  25. is a ball of compressed food for cramming. Linguistically, the verb preceded the noun.