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Synonyms
cram (krăm)

[Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian.]

verb: crammed, cram·ming, crams. 

transitive verb 

  1. To force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space; stuff.
  2. To fill too tightly.
    1. To gorge with food.
    2. To eat quickly and greedily.
  4. Informal To prepare (students) hastily for an impending examination.

intransitive verb 

  1. To gorge oneself with food.
  2. Informal To study hastily for an impending examination: was up all night cramming for the history midterm.

noun 

  1. A group that has been crammed together; a crush.
  2. Informal Hasty study for an imminent examination.

derivatives

craḿmer
noun