jam
/dʒˈæm/
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Definitions
Noun
preserve of crushed fruit
Noun
informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
Noun
a dense crowd of people
Noun
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
Verb
press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
Verb
push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
Verb
crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
Verb
interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
Verb
get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"
Verb
crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
Verb
block passage through; "obstruct the path"
Synonyms
block
chock up
close up
cram
crush
electronic jamming
fix
hole
impede
jamming
jampack
kettle of fish
mess
mob
muddle
obstruct
obturate
occlude
pack
pickle
pile
press
ram
throng
wad
More General Terms
break up
bruise
conserve
conserves
contuse
crowd
crowd together
cut off
difficulty
disrupt
ECM
electronic countermeasures
force
hinder
impede
interrupt
malfunction
misfunction
preserve
preserves
push
stuff
More Specific Terms
asphyxiate
back up
bar
barrage jam
barrage jamming
barricade
barricado
blanket jam
block
block off
block out
block up
blockade
choke
choke off
clog
clog up
congest
dam
dam up
dog''s breakfast
dog''s dinner
earth up
foul
land up
point jam
screen
selective jamming
snarl-up
spot jam
spot jamming
stifle
stop
strawberry jam
strawberry preserves
suffocate
tie up
traffic jam