Understanding the meaning of jam

jam

/dʒæm/

noun
informal terms for a difficult situation
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fix hole kettle of fish mess muddle pickle

type of:
difficulty
noun
a dense crowd of people
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crush press

type of:
crowd
noun
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
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electronic jamming jamming

type of:
ecm electronic countermeasures
verb
block passage through
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block close up impede obstruct obturate occlude

type of:
hinder impede
verb
press tightly together or cram
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mob pack pile throng

type of:
crowd together crowd
verb
interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
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block

type of:
break up cut off disrupt interrupt
verb
crush or bruise
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"jam a toe"

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crush

type of:
bruise contuse
verb
crowd or pack to capacity
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"the theater was jampacked"

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chock up cram jampack ram wad

type of:
stuff
verb
get stuck and immobilized
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"the mechanism jammed"

type of:
malfunction misfunction
noun
preserve of crushed fruit
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preserves preserve conserve conserves
verb
push down forcibly
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"The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"

type of:
push force

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