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Verb: cram (crammed,cramming)  kram
  1. Crowd or pack to capacity
    - jam, jampack, ram, chock up, wad
     
  2. Put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled
    "cram books into the suitcase"
     
  3. Study intensively, as before an exam
    - grind away, drum, bone up, swot [Brit], get up, mug up, swot up, bone
     
  4. Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam

Derived forms: crammed, crams, cramming

See also: crammer

Type of: fix, gear up, hit the books, lay, place, pose, position, prepare, put, ready, set, set up, study, stuff

Encyclopedia: Cram Cram, Ralph Adams Cram, Steve