Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something).

    да́вкаdávka, толкотня́tolkotnjá

  2. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable)Information hastily memorized.

    a cram from an examination

    зубрёжкаzubrjóžka

  3. (countable, uncountable)A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.

  4. (British, countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A lie; a falsehood.

  5. (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.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A small friendship book with limited space for people to enter their information.

Examples

42 sentences
  1. He spent all night cramming for the test.

    Він всю ніч зубрив відповіді на екзаменаційні білети. — deniko

    ruВсю ночь перед тестом он зубрил. — megaton

    deEr büffelte die ganze Nacht für den Test. — Dani6187

  2. Tom crammed everything into his suitcase.

    ruТом всё впихнул в свой чемодан. — odexed

    deTom stopfte alles in seinen Koffer. — Dani6187

  3. Tom is cramming for a test.

  4. Tom is now cramming for the finals.

    ruТом сейча́с зубри́т для ито́говых экза́менов. — Wayawa

    deTom paukt gerade für die Abschlussklausuren. — al_ex_an_der

  5. The boy crammed all his clothes into the bag.

    ruМальчик запихал в сумку всю свою одежду. — megaton

    deDer Junge stopfte seine ganze Kleidung in die Tasche. — Dani6187

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
the act of cramming:
information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination:

Origin

From Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian (“to cram; stuff”), from Proto-West

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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