ram-packed

verb

Etymology

From Ram + packed, originally (since at least the 1940s) literal, referring to something packed with a ram. (Possibly reinforced by the rhyming synonym jam-packed.)

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of ram-pack

  2. Packed by means of high pressure compressing the contents.

    • It provides a second stage of filtration, after the oil has passed through the ram-packed virgin cotton filtering material.
    • This is ram-packed at 175-psi to insure uniform density and to avoid possibility of channeling.
    • The design and use of the hydraulic ram-packed garbage collection body style should be regulated to prevent such overloaded vehicles from traveling on public roadways.
  3. Packed or filled tightly

    Packed or filled tightly; jam-packed.

    • The new Dodge Red Ram V-Eight engine is ram-packed with power!
    • Friday evening, and the old country bus was ram-packed with market women and school children as usual.
    • More about the action: Because this video works on a loop it has to be ram-packed with great little scenes, some that are timed to reach a climax just as the film reaches the end of its loop.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ram-packed. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA