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List of meaning for jam

jam(noun)

preserve of crushed fruit

fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish(noun)

informal terms for a difficult situation

"he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"

crush, jam, press(noun)

a dense crowd of people

jamming, electronic jamming, jam(verb)

deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

throng, mob, pack, pile, jam(verb)

press tightly together or cram

"The crowd packed the auditorium"

jam(verb)

push down forcibly

"The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"

jam, crush(verb)

crush or bruise

"jam a toe"

jam, block(verb)

interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

"Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"

jam(verb)

get stuck and immobilized

"the mechanism jammed"

jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad(verb)

crowd or pack to capacity

"the theater was jampacked"

obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up(verb)

block passage through

"obstruct the path"

a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement

thousands of cars trying to leave the stadium's parking lot at the same time are sure to create a jam

a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape

the heavy rain puts us in a real jam: all of the preparations are for a garden wedding

to fit (people or things) into a tight space

jammed his clothes into the already bulging hamper

to prevent passage through by filling with something

firefighters found the nightclub's doorways jammed with trapped patrons

to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained

the inn will jam a guest's picnic basket with an array of tempting foods

to force one's way

several more people jammed into the bus even though there was hardly room to stand

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