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jam-packing

jam-packing is the present participle and gerund of jam-pack.

Meaning of jam-pack

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

Questions about jam-packing

What is jam-packing the present participle and gerund of?
Jam-packing is the present participle and gerund of jam-pack.

Words near jam-packing in the dictionary

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

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