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verb

Jam v. t. (past & past part. jammed; pres. part. jamming)

1.

To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in; to cram; as, rock fans jammed the theater for the concert. "The ship... jammed in between two rocks."

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.

4.

To block or obstruct by packing too much (people or objects) into; as, shoppers jammed the aisles during the fire sale.

5.

(Radio) To interfere with (a radio signal) by sending other signals of the same or nearby frequency; as, the Soviets jammed Radio Free Europe broadcasts for years during the cold war.

6.

To cause to become nonfunctional by putting something in that blocks the movement of a part or parts; as, he jammed the drawer by putting in too many loose papers; he jammed the lock by trying to pick it.

Jam v. i.

1.

To become stuck so as not to function; as, the copier jammed again.

2.

(Music) To play an instrument in a jam session.

3.

To crowd together; usually used with together or in; as, fifty people jammed into a conference room designed for twenty.

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Etymology of 'Jamming'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Jamming" Quotes from Famous Books

... the boat with the harpoon to strike the animal, did not perceive the danger until the stern of the boat was touched by the other iceberg. The two now coming within the attraction of cohesion of floating bodies, were dashed like lightning one against the other, jamming the men, as well ...

— The Pacha of Many Tales • Captain Frederick Marryat

... been in progress for the action that began on Thursday, September 26th. The American troops were moved up by night, jamming the roads with their advancing columns ...

— America's War for Humanity • Thomas Herbert Russell

... Abraham that expected that angels would come hurrying and scurrying after one in a spectacle like this. "What has a man," says Blank in his Angels of the Nineteenth Century,—"What has a man who consents to be a knee-bumping, elbow-jamming, foothold-struggling strap-hanger—an abject commuter all his days (for no better reason than that he is not well enough to keep still and that there is not enough of him to be alone)—to do with angels—or to do with anything, except to get done with it as ...

— The Lost Art of Reading • Gerald Stanley Lee

... and having held it up and peeked in, 'as I hope to be saved,' says he, 'I can see no hole.' Says Tom, 'Good man, if you put your head in, you will find that there is a hole.' So the man tries to put in his head, but having some difficulty, Tom lends him a helping hand by jamming the pot quite down over the man's face, then whisking up the other pots Tom leaves the shop, saying as he goes, 'Friend, I suppose you now see there is a hole in the pot, otherwise how could you ...

— Wild Wales - Its People, Language and Scenery • George Borrow

... plans to grow trees in rows according to parentage, so they tried to improve our technique. We almost called in the F. B. I. to circumvent their machinations. Jamming an open tin can over the planted nut seemed to help. When the sprout came up we turned up the edges of the split can bottom just enough to let the tree through, but the sharp jagged edges seemed to discourage marauders. A lot of other ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting • Northern Nut Growers Association

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