Cram vs Cray - What's the difference?
cram | cray |
The act of cramming.
Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.
A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.
To ; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.
To fill with food to ; to stuff.
To put through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor.
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To , and to satiety; to stuff.
To make crude or study.
(slang) Crazy.
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As nouns the difference between cram and cray
is that cram is the act of cramming while cray is a crayfish or lobster.As a verb cram
is to ; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.As an adjective cray is
(slang) crazy.cram
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(cramm)Derived terms
* cram schoolAnagrams
* *cray
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Etymology 2
From crazy by shortening.Adjective
(en adjective)NFL commish slaps Steelers in face with weak punishment of Seymour", The Altoona Mirror (Altoona, Pennsylvania), 23 November 2010:
- That small of a fine for that kind of blatant disregard is cray .
Sharm x Savoy + Kiss = Happy RWD", Fazer , Issue 127, September 2012, page 80:
- Before his set, RWD somehow found time to back a quick vodka shot in the Ice Bar downstairs - yes we're aware an ice bar in the desert is cray .
20 Things Your Ten Year Old Self Could Do at Cornell", Slope , Spring 2013, page 18:
- Also, make sure you look both ways first, because the traffic is cray .