Meanings
verbjam-pack (third-person singular simple present jam-packs, present participle jam-packing, simple past and past participle jam-packed)
present singular third person jam-packs · participle present jam-packing · participle past jam-packed · past jam-packed
- informaltransitiveTo 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
Origin
Translations
Māori opuru
- opuruTo pack tightly
Polish zapychać, zapchać
- zapychaćTo pack tightly
- zapchaćTo pack tightly
- zatłaczaćTo pack tightly
- zatłoczyćTo pack tightly
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jam-pack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jam-pack
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jam-pack,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jam-pack.
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