jam

jam - English Dictionary

[ noun ]
■ deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
→ electronic jamming , jamming

[ noun ]
■ preserve of crushed fruit

[ noun ]
■ a dense crowd of people
→ crush , press

[ noun ]
■ informal terms for a difficult situation
→ fix , hole , kettle of fish , mess , muddle , pickle

[ verb ]
■ interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
e.g.)
・Jam the Voice of America
→ block

[ verb ]
■ block passage through
→ block , close up , impede , obstruct , obturate , occlude

[ verb ]
■ crush or bruise
e.g.)
・jam a toe
→ crush

[ verb ]
■ crowd or pack to capacity
e.g.)
・the theater was jampacked
→ chock up , cram , jampack , ram , wad

[ verb ]
■ get stuck and immobilized
e.g.)
・the mechanism jammed

[ verb ]
■ push down forcibly
e.g.)
・The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor

[ verb ]
■ press tightly together or cram
→ mob , pack , pile , throng