Meaning & Definition of Jam in English
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Jam
/ʤæm/
noun
1. Preserve of crushed fruit
synonym:
- jam
2. Informal terms for a difficult situation
- "He got into a terrible fix"
- "He made a muddle of his marriage"
synonym:
- fix,
- hole,
- jam,
- mess,
- muddle,
- pickle,
- kettle of fish
3. A dense crowd of people
synonym:
- crush,
- jam,
- press
4. Deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
synonym:
- jamming,
- electronic jamming,
- jam
verb
1. Press tightly together or cram
- "The crowd packed the auditorium"
synonym:
- throng,
- mob,
- pack,
- pile,
- jam
2. Push down forcibly
- "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
synonym:
- jam
3. Crush or bruise
- "Jam a toe"
synonym:
- jam,
- crush
4. Interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- "Jam the voice of america"
- "Block the signals emitted by this station"
synonym:
- jam,
- block
5. Get stuck and immobilized
- "The mechanism jammed"
synonym:
- jam
6. Crowd or pack to capacity
- "The theater was jampacked"
synonym:
- jam,
- jampack,
- ram,
- chock up,
- cram,
- wad
7. Block passage through
- "Obstruct the path"
synonym:
- obstruct,
- obturate,
- impede,
- occlude,
- jam,
- block,
- close up
Examples of using
I want bread and jam.
Help yourself to the strawberry jam.
What caused the traffic jam down the street?