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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
jammed
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
jammed the switchboard (=there were too many calls for the switchboard to deal with)
▪ Hundreds of callers jammed the switchboard trying to win the tickets .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The drawer's jammed - I can't get it open.
▪ The paper has got jammed in the printer again.
▪ The place was already jammed an hour before the game.
▪ The stupid lock's jammed again.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Colin gave the wrong advice about getting floppy disc out when jammed and then I deleted the stuff off the hard disc.
▪ Emergency supply pump No. 2 jammed.
▪ His left arm was jammed tight against the side of the seat.
▪ It has reverse action which is basically used for removing debris and jammed drill bits.
▪ Never use the jammed rope as your sole support when climbing back up.
▪ The door stayed jammed shut, and he didn't shout back or answer her in any way.
▪ The guards have gone and all the doors are jammed open.
▪ The streets were jammed tight with narrow shop fronts and grimy cafés.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
jammed

jammed \jammed\ adj. filled to capacity or overfilled; as, the auditorium was jammed to the rafters.

Syn: full, jam-packed, packed.

Wiktionary
jammed
  1. 1 stuck. 2 overcrowded; congested v

  2. (en-pastjam)

WordNet
jammed

See jam

jammed

adj. filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater" [syn: jam-pawncked, packed]

jam
  1. v. press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" [syn: throng, mob, pack, pile]

  2. push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"

  3. crush or bruise; "jam a toe" [syn: crush]

  4. interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station" [syn: block]

  5. get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"

  6. crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [syn: jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad]

  7. block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, block, close up] [ant: free]

  8. [also: jamming, jammed]

jam
  1. n. preserve of crushed fruit

  2. informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: fix, hole, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish]

  3. a dense crowd of people [syn: crush, press]

  4. deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems [syn: jamming, electronic jamming]

  5. [also: jamming, jammed]

Wikipedia
Jammed

Jammed is the sixteenth album by the Australian psychedelic rock band The Church, released in August 2004. It was their second album of entirely improvised material, following the Bastard Universe bonus disc from Hologram of Baal (September 1998) and consists of only two extremely long tracks. It was only available from the band's website or at their gigs and is now out of print.

Usage examples of "jammed".

She burrowed her way into the packages until only her head and her shoulders were jammed against the side of the box, her feet propped against the lower end and her knees under her chin.

He reached us, jammed a hypodermic needle into Stannall's arm and smoothly reinforced my grip around the First Councilman.

No one in his packed cage appeared to notice the jerking stop, but then, Ken thought as he felt the pressure of soft flesh against him, we're so tightly jammed in, no one could get hurt in a free-fall.

Todd jammed a forefinger on to Earth and held out his hand to Hrriss, who shook it, while with his free hand he pointed to his home world.

Kai and the geologist jammed Discipline-taut fingers into the fine seam of the plastic skin and ripped the tough fabric apart.

Some of these were fairly loose-tongued in a fry bar but the place was jammed with commuters.

He turned on his heel and pounded out of the cabin, slapped up the lock release and jammed down the lift control, descending without another look in her direction.

Deliberately he jammed one fist against the column, breaking the skin and bloodying his hand.

The big vessel lurched and rending sounds echoed through the fabric of its hull as the jammed connectors tore out, like roots parting in the earth.

The vibroknife keened, then screeched in a high electronic wail as she jammed it into the lock.

He half-threw Sally into the copter, jammed in the rocket-lift, warning Sally to hang on.

Mirda jammed Tiria tight against her angular body while Mama Bobchik somehow got ahold of Tirla's free arm, effectively pinning her between the two formidably large women.

Startled, she looked up to see Cargo Officer Malaine, who jerked the helmet from Killashandra's belt and jammed it atop her head.

Killa yawned, catching that infectiousness from Lars, and jammed her arms deeper in the straps, tipping her head back against the padded rim of the tub.

So she flipped her hood up, pressed shut the parka fastenings, all with her back to him, before she jammed her hands into her gloves and collected the bean pot.