What's The Definition Of Jam?
[n] deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
[n] preserve of crushed fruit
[n] a dense crowd of people
[n] informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
[v] interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
[v] eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
[v] block passage through; "obstruct the path"
[v] crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
[v] crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
[v] get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"
[v] push forcibly, as of brakes; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
[v] press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Jam: block |
block |
chock up |
close up |
cram |
cram |
crush |
crush |
electronic jamming |
fill |
fill up |
fix |
hole |
impede |
jamming |
jampack |
kettle of fish |
mess |
mob |
muddle |
obstruct |
obturate |
occlude |
pack |
pack |
pickle |
pile |
press |
ram |
stuff |
throng |
wad
Related Terms | Find terms related to Jam: a mass of |
a world of |
abound with |
afterthought |
albumen |
arch dam |
army |
articulate |
assault |
backstop |
baffle |
bafflement |
bamboo curtain |
bank |
bar |
barrage |
barricade |
barrier |
batten |
batten down |
batter |
be alive with |
beam |
bear |
bear upon |
bearings |
bear-trap dam |
beaver dam |
bed |
bevy |
bewilderment |
bind |
blancmange |
blank wall |
blind alley |
blind gut |
block |
block up |
blockade |
blockage |
bolt |
bonnyclabber |
boom |
boost |
bother |
bottleneck |
box |
breakwater |
breastwork |
brick wall |
brim |
bristle with |
buck |
buckle |
buffer |
bulkhead |
bull |
bulldoze |
bulwark |
bump |
bump against |
bunch |
bung |
bunt |
bureaucratic delay |
burst with |
butt |
butt against |
butter |
button |
candy |
case |
catch |
caulk |
cecum |
charge |
chink |
chock |
choke |
choke off |
choke up |
choking |
choking off |
circumstance |
clabber |
clasp |
cleat |
clip |
clog |
clog up |
close |
close off |
close tight |
close up |
cloud |
cluster |
clutch |
clutter |
cofferdam |
cohue |
comfit |
compact |
complication |
compote |
compress |
concentrate |
condense |
condition |
confection |
confectionery |
confirm |
confiture |
confoundment |
confusion |
congest |
congestion |
conserve |
consolidate |
constipate |
constipation |
constrict |
cork |
corner |
cornstarch |
costiveness |
cover |
covey |
cram |
crawl with |
cream |
creep with |
crowd |
crunch |
crush |
cul-de-sac |
curd |
dam |
dam up |
dead end |
debar |
deep-dye |
defense |
define |
delay |
delayage |
delayed reaction |
deluge |
densen |
densify |
detention |
dig |
dike |
dilemma |
discomposure |
disconcert |
disconcertedness |
disconcertion |
disconcertment |
disturbance |
ditch |
dog |
double take |
dough |
dovetail |
dragging |
drench |
drive |
drown out |
earthwork |
egg white |
elbow |
embankment |
embarrassing position |
embarrassment |
embed |
embolism |
embolus |
engraft |
engrave |
enigma |
entrench |
establish |
estate |
etch |
fence |
fill |
fill to overflowing |
fill up |
fine how-do-you-do |
fix |
flight |
flock |
flocks |
flood |
footing |
force |
foul |
found |
freight |
frosting |
galaxy |
gate |
gaum |
gel |
gelatin |
glair |
glaze |
glop |
glue |
glut |
gluten |
gluttonize |
goad |
goo |
gook |
goop |
gorge |
gravity dam |
Great Mogul |
groin |
ground |
gruel |
gumbo |
gunk |
hail |
halt |
hang-up |
hasp |
heap |
hell to pay |
hindrance |
hinge |
hitch |
hive |
hobble |
holdup |
hole |
honey |
hook |
horde |
host |
hot water |
how-do-you-do |
hurtle |
hustle |
hydraulic-fill dam |
icing |
imbroglio |
impact |
impasse |
impediment |
implant |
impress |
imprint |
infarct |
infarction |
infix |
ingrain |
inscribe |
interim |
iron curtain |
jab |
jam-pack |
jell |
Jell-O |
jelly |
jetty |
jog |
joggle |
joint |
jolt |
jostle |
lade |
lag |
lagging |
large amount |
latch |
leaping weir |
legion |
levee |
load |
loblolly |
location |
lock |
lodge |
logjam |
lot |
lots |
maharaja |
many |
marmalade |
mass |
masses of |
meringue |
mess |
milldam |
miter |
mix |
moat |
mob |
modality |
mode |
Mogul |
molasses |
mole |
morass |
moratorium |
mortise |
mound |
mousse |
muchness |
mucilage |
mucus |
multiply |
multitude |
mystery |
nail |
nest |
nizam |
nonplus |
nudge |
numbers |
obstacle |
obstipate |
obstipation |
obstruct |
obstruction |
occlude |
outroar |
outshout |
overburden |
overcharge |
overfeed |
overfill |
overflow with |
overlade |
overload |
overpower |
overstuff |
overweight |
overwhelm |
pack |
pad |
pang |
panoply |
pap |
paperasserie |
parapet |
parlous straits |
pass |
paste |
pause |
peg |
perplexity |
perturbation |
pickle |
pile drive |
pin |
pinch |
place |
plant |
plight |
plug |
plug up |
plurality |
poke |
porridge |
portcullis |
position |
posture |
pother |
predicament |
preserve |
press |
pretty pass |
pretty pickle |
pretty predicament |
print |
problem |
prod |
pudding |
pullulate with |
pulp |
punch |
puree |
push |
putty |
puzzle |
puzzlement |
quagmire |
quandary |
quantities |
quicksand |
quite a few |
rabbet |
rabble |
radiate |
raja |
ram |
ram down |
ram in |
rampart |
rana |
rank |
rattle |
red tape |
red-tapeism |
red-tapery |
reprieve |
respite |
retardance |
retardation |
riddle |
rivet |
roadblock |
rob |
rock-fill dam |
root |
rout |
ruck |
run |
run against |
satiate |
saturate |
scores |
scrape |
screw |
sealing off |
seat |
seawall |
semifluid |
semiliquid |
send |
set |
set in |
settle |
sew |
shake |
shoal |
shoulder |
shout down |
shove |
shut off |
shut out |
shut tight |
shutter dam |
situation |
size |
skewer |
slough |
slowdown |
slowness |
slow-up |
snap |
soak |
solidify |
soup |
spate |
spile |
spot |
squab |
squash |
squeeze |
squeeze shut |
squish |
stamp |
stanch |
standing |
staple |
starch |
state |
station |
status |
stay |
stay of execution |
stench |
stereotype |
stew |
stick |
stick fast |
sticky mess |
sticky wicket |
stifle |
stitch |
stone wall |
stop |
stop up |
stoppage |
stopper |
stopple |
strait |
straits |
strangle |
strangulate |
strangulation |
stress |
strike root |
stuff |
stuff up |
suffocate |
supercharge |
supersaturate |
surcharge |
surfeit |
suspension |
swamp |
swarm |
swarm with |
sweet |
sweet stuff |
sweetmeat |
sweets |
syrup |
tack |
take root |
tamp |
teem with |
throng |
throng with |
thrust |
tidy sum |
tie-up |
tight spot |
tight squeeze |
tightrope |
time lag |
toggle |
top off |
transmit |
treacle |
tricky spot |
tutti-frutti |
unassuredness |
unholy mess |
upset |
wad |
wait |
wall |
wedge |
weight |
weir |
whipped cream |
wicket dam |
work |
worlds of |
zipper
See Also | asphyxiate |
back up |
bar |
barrage jamming |
barricade |
barricado |
binge |
block off |
block out |
block up |
blockade |
break up |
bruise |
choke |
choke off |
clog |
clog up |
congest |
conserve |
conserves |
contuse |
crowd |
crowd |
crowd together |
cut off |
dam |
dam up |
difficulty |
disrupt |
dog's breakfast |
dog's dinner |
earth up |
ECM |
electronic countermeasures |
englut |
engorge |
force |
foul |
glut |
gorge |
gormandise |
gormandize |
gourmandize |
hinder |
ingurgitate |
interrupt |
land up |
malfunction |
misfunction |
overeat |
overgorge |
overindulge |
pig out |
preserve |
preserves |
push |
satiate |
scarf out |
screen |
selective jamming |
snarl-up |
spot jamming |
strawberry jam |
strawberry preserves |
stuff |
suffocate |
tie up |
traffic jam
Jam In Webster's Dictionary
\Jam\, n. [Per. or Hind. j[=a]mah garment, robe.]
A kind of frock for children.
\Jam\, n. (Mining)
See {Jamb}.
\Jam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jammed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Jamming}.] [Either fr. jamb, as if squeezed between jambs,
or more likely from the same source as champ See {Champ}.]
1. To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to
squeeze; to wedge in.
The . . . jammed in between two rocks. --De Foe.
2. To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a
door. [Colloq.]
3. (Naut.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half
her upper sails are laid aback. --W. C. Russell.
\Jam\, n.
1. 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.
2. An injury caused by jamming. [Colloq.]
\Jam\, n. [Prob. fr. jam, v.; but cf. also Ar. jamad ice,
jelly, j[=a]mid congealed, jamd congelation, ice.]
A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as,
raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
{Jam nut}. See {Check nut}, under {Check}.
{Jam weld} (Forging), a butt weld. See under {Butt}.
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