English dictionary
jam
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
noun
- preserve of crushed fruit
noun
- a dense crowd of people
noun
- informal terms for a difficult situation
verb
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
verb
- block passage through
verb
- crush or bruise
verb
- crowd or pack to capacity
verb
- get stuck and immobilized
verb
- push down forcibly
verb
- press tightly together or cram
Example sentences
he got into a terrible fix
he made a muddle of his marriage
Jam the Voice of America
block the signals emitted by this station
obstruct the path
jam a toe
the theater was jampacked
the mechanism jammed
The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor
The crowd packed the auditorium