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jammed

/dʒæmd/verb, adjective1 syllable

Jammed means: crowd or pack to capacity.

Synonyms for jammed23

verb, as in crowd or pack to capacity

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

verb, as in block passage through

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

verb, as in press tightly together or cram

throng, mob, pack, pile, jam

verb, as in crush or bruise

jam, crush

verb, as in interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

jam, block

verb, as in push down forcibly

jam

verb, as in get stuck and immobilized

jam

adjective, as in extremely crowed or filled to capacity

jam-packed, packed, crowded

also used for jammed

jam rammed, packed to the gills, rammed

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What does jammed mean?8

verb

1

crowd or pack to capacity“the theater was jampacked”

2

block passage through“obstruct the path”

3

press tightly together or cram“The crowd packed the auditorium”

4

crush or bruise“jam a toe”

5

interfere with or prevent the reception of signals“Jam the Voice of America”

6

push down forcibly“The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor”

7

get stuck and immobilized“the mechanism jammed”

adjective

1

extremely crowed or filled to capacity“a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with jammed?5

one syllable

damnedslammedcrammedrammedscammed
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Jammed in a sentence

  • The road was jammed with various kinds of cars.unknown
  • A piece of paper got jammed in the printer and now it doesn't work.unknown
  • We nearly had an accident when the car brakes jammed.sharptoothed
  • There are a few keys here that are jammed.AlanF_US
  • Coronavirus information hotlines have been jammed by frightened people desperate for information.Hybrid
  • Yanni tried to fire again but his gun jammed.Amastan
  • Yanni tried to take his seat belt off but it was jammed.Amastan
  • The lift door got jammed three days ago.sundown

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