Jam word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "jam" word
[noun] preserve of crushed fruit
[noun] a dense crowd of people
[noun] informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
[verb] interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
[verb] eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
[verb] block passage through; "obstruct the path"
[verb] crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
[verb] crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
[verb] get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"
[verb] push forcibly, as of brakes; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
[verb] press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
\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}.
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
Antonyms: disengage, free
See also: bar | barricade | binge | block out | block up | break up | choke off | clog up | difficulty | disrupt | dog's breakfast | interrupt | overeat | overgorge | satiate | scarf out | selective jamming | strawberry preserves | suffocate | tie up |
Related terms: barrier, bonnyclabber, boom, buffer, bull, bump against, catch, close up, clutter, condense, glaze, impress, mess, mousse, overburden, perplexity, plight, pother, predicament, preserve, punch, quagmire, rabble, red tape, seat, slough, spate, stick fast, throng with, wicket dam
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Let's analyse "jam" as pure text. This string has Three letters in One syllable and One vowel. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: MAJ. Average typing speed for these characters is 840 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
jam: 1 = 1, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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