jam-pack

(jăm′păk′)

tr.v. jam-packed, jam-pack·ing, jam-packs Informal

To crowd to capacity: a road that was jam-packed with vehicles.

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jam-packed

adj

crowded, packed, or filled to capacity

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Adj.

jam-packed - filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater"

jammed, packed

crowded - overfilled or compacted or concentrated; "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days"

jam-packed

adjective crowded, full, packed, busy, crushed, mobbed, cramped, huddled, swarming, overflowing, thronged, teeming, congested, populous His room was jam-packed with fruit, flowers, gifts etc.

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Translations

jam-packed

[ˈdʒæmˈpækt] ADJ (with people) → abarrotado, atestado; (with things) → atestado, repleto

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jam-packed

[ˌdʒæmˈpækt] adj jam-packed (with) → pieno/a zeppo/a (di), strapieno/a (di)

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Summary: New Delhi (India), Aug 6 (ANI): Parineeti Chopra has kicked off filming for her "most difficult role" till date in London for 'The Girl on The Train' and amid the jam-packed schedules, she seems to be having a hard time without social media!

'Girl on the Train' will see Parineeti in her 'most difficult role'

He was famous for his tours to Punjab villages with jam-packed audience who wanted to listen to him for his unique singing style.

Punjabi folk singer Alam Lohar remembered on his 40th death anniversary

This May Day Bank Holiday weekend, the Festival of Fools brings a jam-packed programme of circus, acrobatics, comedy and juggling to the streets.

FESTIVAL OF FOOLS; WHAT'S ON; DAYTRIPPER YOUR GUIDE TO FAMILY DAYS OUT AND EXCURSIONS AROUND NORTHERN IRELAND

BUNIR -- A pick up jam-packed with commuters plunged into ravine due to failure of brakes leaving 4 persons dead and 12 critically injured.

4 die, pick up plunges into ravine

Saleha Saeed said that all events went 'jam-packed' where people had lot of fun and showed their enthusiasm for such Jashan-e-Baharan programme.

Lahore carnival concludes

This is the case with the main GT Road near Sohaan Bridge which is jam-packed and the traffic badly choked due to these vehicles numbering in the hundreds, especially the private cars which are there at the scale of one car per child!

School buses

Summary: A technical glitch caused jam-packed scenes at certain stations.

Video: Dubai Metro services face delays during rush hour

at the San Sebastian Church in Plaza Carmen for "Dungaw" after around seven hours of slowly snaking its way along the jam-packed streets of Manila.

Image of Black Nazarene arrives at San Sebastian Church for 'Dungaw'

A total of 2,715 vehicles have violated the new traffic scheme at the jam-packed Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (Edsa) as of 2:20 pm, according to the MMDA.

MMDA flags down 2,700 drivers on second day of 'singles' ban on Edsa

Play-grounds and cafeteria of Lahore Zoo were also jam-packed.

Recreational places jampacked

Due to the roads being blocked, the traffic diverted to alternate routes where it remained stuck for hours at end because of lack of proper traffic control.In Defence Housing Authority (DHA), the traffic remained jam-packed for several hours because the alternate routes for DHA were blocked by the sit-in and the citizens had to opt for the main boulevard of DHA which was already blocked at various points due to the ongoing construction of the residential area.

City paralysed as TLP's sit-in picks up pace

Some of the jam-packed freeways include National Freeway no.5 Yilan-Toucheng, National Freeway no.1 Hsinchu-Hukou, National Freeway no.3 Guanxi-Daxi.

Freeways jammed as travelers return from Tomb Sweeping Holiday