jam meaning
UK /dʒæm/ US /dʒæm/ 1 syllable
jam (verb): press tightly together or cram.
jam has 11 meanings in this dictionary, as verb and noun.
jam as a verb
- press tightly together or cram
- The crowd packed the auditorium
Synonyms: throng, mob, pack, pile
Type of: crowd
- push down forcibly
- The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor
Type of: push
- crush or bruise
- jam a toe
Synonyms: crush
Type of: bruise
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- Jam the Voice of America
- block the signals emitted by this station
Synonyms: block
Type of: interrupt
Kinds: barrage jam, point jam, spot jam, blanket jam
Related forms: jamming
- get stuck and immobilized
- the mechanism jammed
Type of: malfunction
- crowd or pack to capacity
- the theater was jampacked
Synonyms: jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad
Type of: stuff
- block passage through
- obstruct the path
Synonyms: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, block, close up
Type of: impede
Kinds: blockade, barricade, suffocate, tie up, dam, screen, land up, clog
jam as a noun
- preserve of crushed fruit
Type of: conserve
Kinds: strawberry jam
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- he got into a terrible fix
- he made a muddle of his marriage
Synonyms: fix, hole, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish
Type of: difficulty
Kinds: dog's breakfast
- a dense crowd of people
Type of: crowd
Kinds: traffic jam
- deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
Synonyms: jamming, electronic jamming
Type of: electronic countermeasures
Kinds: barrage jamming, spot jamming
How to pronounce jam
jam is pronounced /dʒæm/ in British English and /dʒæm/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.
Words that rhyme with jam
Word lists: words starting with JA · words ending in AM · 3-letter words
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