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 Definitions for Jamming: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Jam \Jam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jammed (j[a^]md); p. pr. & vb.
n. Jamming.] [Either fr. jamb, as if squeezed between
jambs, or more likely from the same source as champ See
Champ.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The ship . . . jammed in between two rocks. --De
Foe.
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2. To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a
door. [Colloq.]
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3. (Naut.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half
her upper sails are laid aback. --W. C. Russell.
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4. To block or obstruct by packing too much (people or
objects) into; as, shoppers jammed the aisles during the
fire sale.
[PJC]
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.
[PJC]
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.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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jamming
See jam
WordNet (r) 2.0
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jam
n 1: preserve of crushed fruit
2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a
terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: fix,
hole, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish]
3: a dense crowd of people [syn: crush, press]
4: deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy
for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic
devices or systems [syn: jamming, electronic jamming]
v 1: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the
auditorium" [syn: throng, mob, pack, pile]
2: push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to
the floor"
3: crush or bruise; "jam a toe" [syn: crush]
4: interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the
Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this
station" [syn: block]
5: get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"
6: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [syn:
jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad]
7: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct,
obturate, impede, occlude, block, close up]
[ant: free]
[also: jamming, jammed]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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jamming
n : deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy
for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic
devices or systems [syn: electronic jamming, jam]
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