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English - English (Wordnet) dictionary (also found in English - Vietnamese, Computing (FOLDOC))
jam
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Noun
  • deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
  • a dense crowd of people
  • informal terms for a difficult situation
    • he got into a terrible fix
    • he made a muddle of his marriage
  • preserve of crushed fruit
Verb
  • block passage through
    • obstruct the path
  • crowd or pack to capacity
    • the theater was jampacked
  • get stuck and immobilized
    • the mechanism jammed
  • interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
    • Jam the Voice of America
    • block the signals emitted by this station
  • crush or bruise
    • jam a toe
  • push down forcibly
    • The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor
  • press tightly together or cram
    • The crowd packed the auditorium
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