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| 1. | [ noun ] (food) preserve of crushed fruit | |
| Related terms: | conserve strawberry_jam | |
| 2. | [ verb ] press tightly together or cram | |
| Synonyms: | pile throng pack mob | |
| Examples: | "The crowd packed the auditorium" |
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| Related terms: | crowd batch multitude | |
| 3. | [ verb ] interfere with or prevent the reception of signals | |
| Synonyms: | block | |
| Examples: | "Jam the Voice of America" "block the signals emitted by this station" |
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| Related terms: | interrupt spot_jam barrage_jam blanket_jam point_jam jamming | |
| 4. | [ verb ] crush or bruise | |
| Synonyms: | crush | |
| Examples: | "jam a toe" |
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| Related terms: | bruise | |
| 5. | [ verb ] push forcibly, as of brakes | |
| Examples: | : "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor" |
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| Related terms: | push | |
| 6. | [ verb ] crowd or pack to capacity | |
| Synonyms: | cram ram chock_up wad pack jampack | |
| Examples: | "the theater was jampacked" |
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| Related terms: | stuff cram | |
| 7. | [ verb ] get stuck and immobilized | |
| Examples: | "the mechanism jammed" |
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| Related terms: | malfunction | |
| 8. | [ noun ] informal terms for a difficult situation | |
| Synonyms: | fix mess muddle pickle kettle_of_fish hole | |
| Examples: | "he got into a terrible fix" "he made a muddle of his marriage" |
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| Related terms: | difficulty dog's_breakfast | |
| 9. | [ verb ] (food) eat until one is sated | |
| Synonyms: | fill stuff cram fill_up | |
| Examples: | "He filled up on turkey" |
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| Related terms: | eat gorge | |
| 10. | [ verb ] block passage through | |
| Synonyms: | obstruct impede occlude close_up obturate block | |
| Examples: | "obstruct the path" |
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| Related terms: | free impede barricade clog blockade dam suffocate tie_up barricade barricade screen land_up obstruction blocking obturator obstruction | |
| 11. | [ noun ] a dense crowd of people | |
| Synonyms: | press crush | |
| Related terms: | crowd traffic_jam press | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (military,electronics) deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems | |
| Synonyms: | electronic_jamming jamming | |
| Related terms: | electronic_countermeasures spot_jamming barrage_jamming | |
| Similar spelling: |
Jama Jame Jami Jayme Jamee Jamey Jaime Jamie Jaimee Jaymie Jaimie Jan Jammie Jahn Jain Jann Jani Jane Jana Janae Janee Janey Janie Janna jawan Jayna Janay Jayne |
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