jamming

Plural: jammings

Noun

• deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
• The act or process by which something is jammed.
• The playing of improvisational music.

Verb

Verb Forms: jammed, jamming, jams

• The action of forcing or squeezing something into a tight space.
• press tightly together or cram
• push down forcibly
• crush or bruise
• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
• get stuck and immobilized
• crowd or pack to capacity
• block passage through
• present participle and gerund of jam

Adj

• Great; awesome.

Examples

• He was JAMMING letters together, hoping to form a bingo and score big.
• Jamming with the band is her favorite way to find compositional inspiration.
• The broadcasts' effectiveness was limited by constant jamming.

Synonyms

block, chock up, close up, cram, crush, electronic jamming, impede, jam, jampack, mob, obstruct, obturate, occlude, pack, pile, ram, throng, wad

Antonyms

free

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