cramming

cramming is the present participle and gerund of cram.

Noun

cramming (plural crammings)

The act by which something is crammed, or stuffed full.
- In some parts of the house were all the comforts of elbowings, shufflings, crammings and squeezings, and on the outside all the racket that was possible of screaming women, and wrangling coachmen […]1838, John Sanderson, Sketches of Paris: in familiar letters to his friends
An intensive course of hard study, as for an examination.
- And, what with innumerable numbers of stiff and stiffer and stiffest competitions and examinations and crammings and general papers bristling at all angles, […]1885, Journal of Education, volume 7, page 391

cram (third-person singular simple present crams, present participle cramming, simple past and past participle crammed)

(transitive) 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
(transitive) To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
- The boy crammed himself with cake
(transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.
- A pupil is crammed by his tutor.
(intransitive) To study hard; to swot.
(intransitive) To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself.
(British, dated, intransitive, slang) To lie; to intentionally not tell the truth.

plural	crammings

What does cramming mean?: Cramming means the act by which something is crammed, or stuffed full.
What is cramming the present participle and gerund of?: Cramming is the present participle and gerund of cram.
What part of speech is cramming?: Cramming is a noun.
What is the plural of cramming?: The plural of cramming is crammings.

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