Definitions for jam

Overview of noun jam

The noun jam has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (3) jam

(preserve of crushed fruit)

2. fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish

(informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage")

3. crush, jam, press

(a dense crowd of people)

4. jamming, electronic jamming, jam

(deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems)

Overview of verb jam

The verb jam has 7 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. (1) throng, mob, pack, pile, jam

(press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium")

2. (1) jam

(push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor")

3. (1) jam, crush

(crush or bruise; "jam a toe")

4. (1) jam, block

(interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station")

5. jam

(get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed")

6. jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad

(crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked")

7. obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up

(block passage through; "obstruct the path")