packing
noun
[ ˈpakɪŋ ]
• the action or process of packing something.
• "she finished her packing"
packing
adjective
• carrying a gun, especially on a regular or habitual basis.
• "gun-packing drug dealers have turned the area into a war zone"
pack
verb
• fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel.
• "I packed a bag and left"
• cram a large number of things into.
• "it was a large room, packed with beds jammed side by side"
• carry (a gun).
• "he packs a gun and keeps it at the ready"
Origin:
Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pak (noun), pakken (verb). The verb appears early in Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman French in connection with the wool trade; trade in English wool was chiefly with the Low Countries.
pack
verb
• fill (a jury, committee, etc.) with people likely to support a particular verdict or decision.
• "his efforts to pack the Supreme Court with men who shared his ideology"
Origin:
early 16th century (in the sense ‘enter into a private agreement’): probably from the obsolete verb pact ‘enter into an agreement with’, the final -t being interpreted as an inflection of the past tense.
packed out
• (of a place) very crowded.
