jam | English to English Dictionary

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jam

(/dZ//&/m )

preserve of crushed fruit(noun.food)

source: wordnet30
informal terms for a difficult situation(noun.state)

Synonym:
fix, hole, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle

source: wordnet30
a dense crowd of people(noun.group)

Synonym:
crush, press

source: wordnet30
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems(noun.act)

Synonym:
electronic jamming, jamming

source: wordnet30
A kind of frock for children.(noun)

source: webster1913
See Jamb.(noun)

source: webster1913
A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.(noun)

source: webster1913
A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.(noun)

source: webster1913

press tightly together or cram(verb.motion)

Synonym:
mob, pack, pile, throng

source: wordnet30
push down forcibly(verb.motion)

Example:
The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor.

source: wordnet30
crush or bruise(verb.contact)

Example:
Jam a toe.

Synonym:
crush

source: wordnet30
interfere with or prevent the reception of signals(verb.communication)

Example:
Jam the Voice of America.

Synonym:
block

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get stuck and immobilized(verb.contact)

Example:
The mechanism jammed.

source: wordnet30
crowd or pack to capacity(verb.contact)

Example:
The theater was jampacked.

Synonym:
chock up, cram, jampack, ram, wad

source: wordnet30
block passage through(verb.contact)

Synonym:
block, close up, impede, obstruct, obturate, occlude
Antonym:
disengage, free

source: wordnet30
To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.(verb)

source: webster1913