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Kramer

KRAYM
verb
1
To burst into a room or appear somewhere abruptly and with comic flair.
"He kramered into the meeting five minutes late, coat flapping."

How to Use Kramer

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo enter a room suddenly and dramatically, usually in a way that gets a laugh.

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Informal and pop-culture derived — mostly used jokingly, not in formal writing.

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Word Forms

Kramered past tense, Kramers plural, Kramers singular

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Etymology

Borrowed from the Dutch and German surname Kramer, meaning "shopkeeper" or "peddler"; the verb sense is a modern coinage inspired by a famously door-bursting sitcom character with that surname.

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