Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To crowd to capacity.
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- verb transitive To pack or
fill somethingtightly
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's probably because last year was The Year Without A Christmas for our family (for various stupid reasons), so we need to jam-pack two years of yuletide goodness into one.
X-mas is SRS BIZNESS. tragic_elegance 2009
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It is a must-see as Pak has managed to jam-pack all the action of Planet Hulk: Exile into one bombastic short video.
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Q: During your travels and while covering any of the rallies for Sarah Palin, did you ever ask or have you heard from other reporters who may have inquired where the supporters who attend these rallies were from, and whether they were in attendance as part of a concerted effort by the religious right to jam-pack these rallies?
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They had planned to jam-pack several suitcases with clothing for the ceremony and celebration.
New Fees, Cuts 2008
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Q: During your travels and while covering any of the rallies for Sarah Palin, did you ever ask or have you heard from other reporters who may have inquired where the supporters who attend these rallies were from, and whether they were in attendance as part of a concerted effort by the religious right to jam-pack these rallies?
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And Titus is so far over the top with doing what it does, so jam-pack full of stuff and body parts and the kitchen sink, that it's all the way "to the moon, Alice!"
Archive 2007-01-01 Bardiac 2007
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They sit there unused now while we attempt to jam-pack the evacuees into other cities and school districts.
Think Progress » Katrina: Another Excuse for Bush’s Failed Ideology 2005
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To give the candidate an excuse to jam-pack the equivalent of "please hire me" into a few sentences?
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They'd jam-pack that ballroom, the black girls in way-out silk and satin dresses and shoes, their hair done in all kinds of styles, the men sharp in their zoot suits and crazy conks, and everybody grinning and greased and gassed.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964
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His last meeting in the Citizens 'Hall was jam-pack an hour before the advertised time of speaking.
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916
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