to jampack
- verb
- /ˈdʒæmˌpæk/
- During the holiday season, the stores are jampacked with shoppers looking for the best deals.
Examples
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The concert hall was jampacked with fans eager to see their favorite band perform.
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The place was jampacked with servicemen of all kinds and a liberal sprinkling of civilians.
Fiction book (1997) -
The train was jampacked during rush hour, making it difficult to find a seat.
Synonyms
To press things together so they take less space
To fill something tightly with things
To move many people or animals into a small space
Close a hole or gap by putting material into it
Push people or things together so they cannot move easily
Push things or people into a small space until nothing fits
To make something so full that nothing else can fit
To press people or things together into a small space
To put too much into something so it spills out
To make a place too full by putting too many people or things in it
To pack many things into a small space very tightly
To squeeze people or things into a small space to make them fit
To push people or things tightly into a small space
To fill a space so full that nothing more can be added
Put people very close together with almost no space between them
Antonyms
How Full
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word jampack comes from jam ('to crowd or squeeze') and pack ('to fill'), so it paints a picture of people or things pushed in very tightly, which is why to jampack something is to fill it completely with no room left.