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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jam \jam\, v. t. imp. p. p. jammed ja^md; p. pr. vb.
n. jamming. either fr. jamb, as if squeezed between
jambs, or more likely from the same source as champ see
champ.
1913 webster
1. to press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to
squeeze; to wedge in; to cram; as, rock fans jammed the
theater for the concert.
1913 webster
the ship . . . jammed in between two rocks. --de
foe.
1913 webster
2. to crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a
door. colloq.
1913 webster
3. naut. to bring a vessel so close to the wind that half
her upper sails are laid aback. --w. c. russell.
1913 webster
4. to block or obstruct by packing too much people or
objects into; as, shoppers jammed the aisles during the
fire sale.
pjc
5. radio to interfere with a radio signal by sending
other signals of the same or nearby frequency; as, the
soviets jammed radio free europe broadcasts for years
during the cold war.
pjc
6. to cause to become nonfunctional by putting something in
that blocks the movement of a part or parts; as, he jammed
the drawer by putting in too many loose papers; he jammed
the lock by trying to pick it.
pjc
see also:
jammed jamming champ
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
jamming
see jam
see also:
jam
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
jam
n 1: preserve of crushed fruit
2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a
terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" syn: fix,
hole, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish
3: a dense crowd of people syn: crush, press
4: deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy
for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic
devices or systems syn: jamming, electronic jamming
v 1: press tightly together or cram; "the crowd packed the
auditorium" syn: throng, mob, pack, pile
2: push down forcibly; "the driver jammed the brake pedal to
the floor"
3: crush or bruise; "jam a toe" syn: crush
4: interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "jam the
voice of america"; "block the signals emitted by this
station" syn: block
5: get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"
6: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" syn:
jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad
7: block passage through; "obstruct the path" syn: obstruct,
obturate, impede, occlude, block, close up
ant: free
also: jamming, jammed
see also:
fix hole mess muddle pickle kettle of fish
crush press jamming electronic jamming throng
mob pack pile block jampack
ram chock up cram wad obstruct
obturate impede occlude close up free
jammed
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
jamming
n : deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy
for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic
devices or systems syn: electronic jamming, jam
see also:
electronic jamming jam
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