jammed

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See also: jamm'ed

English

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Adjective

jammed

  1. Stuck.
    The window is jammed shut.
    How to treat a jammed finger or toe.
    The printer is still jammed. Make sure that all the jammed paper is removed.
    The ship was jammed between two rocks.
  2. Overcrowded; congested.
    Synonyms: jam-packed, jam rammed, packed, packed to the gills, rammed
    Hypernyms: busy, crowded
    Certain routes of the city are heavily jammed.
    These roads are hopelessly jammed with cars and mobile homes during holidays.
    A jammed Oktoberfest beer tent.
  3. (of radio signals) Rendered unusable by intentional interference.
    All their broadcasts are jammed.
    The jammed programming is being distributed on USB sticks instead.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

jammed

  1. simple past and past participle of jam

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *jāmētēk.

Verb

jammed

  1. die

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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