Kramer
proper nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈkɹeɪmɚ//
A surname.
proper noun
- 1
A surname.
- 2
A placename, from the surname: An unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
- 3
A placename, from the surname: An unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Warren County, Indiana, United States.
- 4
A placename, from the surname: A minor city in Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Kramer and German Krämer.
verb
- 1
To suddenly enter or go through somewhere unexpectedly and suddenly.
I fell at work yesterday. A floor had just been mopped and there was no sign up about the floor being wet. I "Kramered" through, and slipped and wrenched my left knee.
I showed him how to open doors by fully turning the handle before you start to push it open instead of just Kramering through like usual, and he took it to heart!
When a man comes Kramering into a thread to say "But not me!" that's annoying, because the topic was on rape in general, and the guy came in there and made it about him.
Etymology
In reference to the televion sitcom Seinfeld, where the character Cosmo Kramer often suddenly enters unannounced.
Forms
- plural
- Kramers
- past tense
- Kramered
- past participle
- Kramered
- present participle
- Kramering
- third person singular
- Kramers