crammer

cram  (krm)

v. crammed, cram·ming, crams

v.tr.

1. To force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space; stuff.

2. To fill too tightly.

3.

a. To gorge with food.

b. To eat quickly and greedily.

4. Informal To prepare (students) hastily for an impending examination.

v.intr.

1. To gorge oneself with food.

2. Informal To study hastily for an impending examination: was up all night cramming for the history midterm.

n.

1. A group that has been crammed together; a crush.

2. Informal Hasty study for an imminent examination.

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[Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian; see ger- in Indo-European roots.]

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crammer n.

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crammer [ˈkræmə]

n

(Social Science / Education) a person or school that prepares pupils for an examination, esp pupils who have already failed that examination

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crammer - a student who crams educatee, pupil, student - a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
	2.	crammer - a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations private instructor, tutor, coach - a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)
	3.	crammer - a special school where students are crammed school - an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"
	4.	crammer - a textbook designed for cramming school text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook, text - a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"

Translations

crammer [ˈkræməʳ] N (Scol) (= pupil) → empollón/ona m/f; (= teacher) → profesor(a) m/f (que prepara rapidísimamente a sus alumnos para los exámenes)

crammer [ˈkræmə^r] n (British) (= school) → boîte f à bac

crammer

n (= tutor) → Einpauker m; (= student) → Büffler(in) m(f) (inf); (= book) → Paukbuch nt; (= school) → Paukschule f

crammer [ˈkræməʳ] n (school) → istituto che prepara agli esami; (tutor) → insegnante m/f che cura la preparazione agli esami