jammed

Verb

Verb Forms: jammed, jamming, jams

• Forced tightly into a space, or stuck and unable to move.
• press tightly together or cram
• push down forcibly
  • "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
• crush or bruise
• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
• get stuck and immobilized
  • "the mechanism jammed"
• crowd or pack to capacity
• block passage through
• simple past and past participle of jam

Adjective Satellite

• filled to capacity
  • "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"

Adj

• Stuck.
• Overcrowded; congested.
• Rendered unusable by intentional interference.

Examples

• A jammed Oktoberfest beer tent.
• All their broadcasts are jammed.
• Certain routes of the city are heavily jammed.
• His game was JAMMED after a series of unplayable tiles left him with no options.
• How to treat a jammed finger or toe.
• The jammed programming is being distributed on USB sticks instead.
• The printer is still jammed. Make sure that all the jammed paper is removed.
• The ship was jammed between two rocks.
• The window is jammed shut.
• These roads are hopelessly jammed with cars and mobile homes during holidays.

Synonyms

block, chock up, close up, cram, crush, impede, jam, jam-packed, jampack, mob, obstruct, obturate, occlude, pack, packed, pile, ram, throng, wad, jam rammed, packed to the gills, packed#Adjective, rammed#Adjective

Antonyms

free

Related Words

jammed up

Anagrams of jammed