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jam-pack

jam-pack verb: to pack or fill very tightly.

Verb

jam-pack (third-person singular simple present jam-packs, present participle jam-packing, simple past and past participle jam-packed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To pack or fill very tightly.
    • ScotRail General Manager Margaret Hoey told me at the reopening that she wanted to add shops but didn't "want to jam-pack the station".2021 October 20, Philip Haigh, “At a crossroads... and being pulled in different directions”, in RAIL, number 942, page 51

Forms of jam-pack

third-person singular presentjam-packs
present participlejam-packing
past participlejam-packed
pastjam-packed

Origin of jam-pack

From jam + pack.

Questions about jam-pack

What does jam-pack mean?
Jam-pack means to pack or fill very tightly.
What part of speech is jam-pack?
Jam-pack is a verb.
What is the past tense of jam-pack?
The past tense of jam-pack is jam-packed.

Words near jam-pack in the dictionary

  1. jam tomorrow
  2. jam up
  3. jam-jar
  4. jam-jar glasses
  5. jam-jars
  6. jam-pack
  7. jam-packed
  8. jam-packing
  9. jam-packs
  10. jam-pot
  11. jam-pots

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