Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cramming

/kɹˈæmɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.81 in modern English

Syllables: cram-ming
IPA: /kɹˈæmɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of cram

noun

The act by which something is crammed, or stuffed full.

noun

An intensive course of hard study, as for an examination.

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"And, what with innumerable numbers of stiff and stiffer and stiffest competitions and examinations and crammings and general papers bristling at all angles, […]"

Inflected Forms

crammings (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Bulimielernen

Rhymes With

slamming jamming spamming damning ramming lambing damming

Questions

How do you pronounce cramming?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɹˈæmɪŋ/.
What does cramming mean?: present participle and gerund of cram

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