to jam

Definition of to jam in English English dictionary: Causing congestion or blockage. Often used with "up"
A single accident can jam the roads for hours.; To brusquely force something into a space; cram
They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.; To get something stuck in a confined space
My foot GOT jammed in a gap between the rocks.; To attempt to score points
Toughie jammed four times in the second period.; luck
He's got more jam than Waitrose.; To squeeze into a small space
The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters.; A forceful dunk; A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team
He's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat.; Blockage, congestion
A traffic jam caused us to miss the game's first period.; To block or confuse a broadcast signal; To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip
When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe.; To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands
Jones was jammed by the pitch.; A play during which points can be scored
Toughie scored four points in that jam.; A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts; Any of several rock-climbing maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space
I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.; {v} to confine in or between, to wedge in; If vehicles jam a road, there are so many of them that they cannot move. Hundreds of departing motorists jammed the roads. Jam is also a noun. Trucks sat in a jam for ten hours waiting to cross the bridge. + jammed jammed Nearby roads and the dirt track to the beach were jammed with cars; {n} a conserve of fruit, child's frock, bed; 1. Chill out2. Hang out; To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in; If you jam something somewhere, you push or put it there roughly. He picked his cap up off the ground and jammed it on his head Pete jammed his hands into his pockets; Product made by cooking, to a suitable consistency, properly prepared fruit with sugar (or sugar and dextrose), with or without water No less than 45 lbs fruit are used to each 55 lbs of sugar (or sugar and dextrose) Sometimes pectin and/or an acid are also added Jelly Fruit jelly is the semisolid, gelatinous product made by concentrating, to a suitable consistency, the strained juice (or the strained water extract) from fruit, with sugar (or sugar and dextrose), added Sometimes pectin and/or an acid is also added No less than 45 lbs of fruit are used to each 55 lbs sugar (or sugar and dextrose); BSA National Jamboree The two digit number that follows indicates the year of the Jamboree; To play a domino tile that causes the game to become blocked such that none of the players may make a legal play You should be quite certain that your team has fewer pips than the opponents before making this play; a sweet spread made from fruit and sugar; neverSpecification language for programming PLDs, Stag Corp, 1997?; block passage through; "obstruct the path"; a dense crowd of people; {f} crowd, cram together; pack in; become crowded together; become stuck; cause to be stuck; disrupt, block, interfere (as in radio signals); play music in a free and improvisational manner; n [something in the way] kemacatan (macat) 2 n [sweet food made from fruit] sele; To play music (especially improvisation as a group.); get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"; Blockage, congestion; as a traffic jam, paper jam; push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor; A difficult situation; Force the ball high into the pocket; press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"; A kind of frock for children; To block or confuse a broadcasted signal; An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal; 21A thick mixture of fruit, sugar (and sometimes Pectin) that is cooked until the pieces of fruit are very soft and almost formless It is used as a bread spread, a filling for pastries and cookies and an ingredient for various desserts See also Jelly; Preserves; A gathering of musicians for the purpose of playing; To jam a radio or electronic signal means to interfere with it and prevent it from being received or heard clearly. They will try to jam the transmissions electronically. + jamming jam·ming The plane is used for electronic jamming and radar detection; crush or bruise; "jam a toe"; preserve of crushed fruit interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station" crush or bruise; "jam a toe" crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed" push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor; Jam is a thick sweet food that is made by cooking fruit with a large amount of sugar, and that is usually spread on bread. home-made jam; If callers are jamming telephone lines, there are so many callers that the people answering the telephones find it difficult to deal with them all. Hundreds of callers jammed the BBC switchboard for more than an hour; made from crushed or ground fruit, it tends to hold its shape but generally is less firm than jelly; FranÃ§ais : Embouteillage Deutsch : ZÃ¤hfliessender Verkehr See also : Congestion; A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to set, often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts; informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"; Thick syrupy mixture of fruit and sugar; A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam; To get a body part stuck; In jazz and rock, to improvise in an informal setting; deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems; To throw a pitch at or near the batters hands; Refers to some malfunction that prevents the film from running smoothly through the camera The fault may be in the film cartridge or the camera's film transport mechanism; To hit the ball at or near the opponent's body, forcing an awkward or weak return; Just A Minute; If a lot of people jam a place, or jam into a place, they are pressed tightly together so that they can hardly move. Hundreds of people jammed the boardwalk to watch They jammed into buses provided by the Red Cross and headed for safety. = cram + jammed jammed The stadium was jammed and they had to turn away hundreds of disappointed fans. = packed; A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river; {i} sweetened fruit preserve, jelly; state of being crowded together; large number of objects that are crowded together and unable to move freely (as in cars or people); awkward situation; To bet or raise the maximum, especially in no-limit, is to jam; (B) preempt; preserve of crushed fruit; A malfunction that prevents the action from operating Jams may be caused by faulty or altered parts, ammunition, poor maintenance of the firearm, or improper use of the firearm; To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback; To improvise See 'Jam session' Search Google com for Jam; Judges Award of Merit This is not a placement in an event but it is a way for judges to commend a particular performance