Thesaurus: jam

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1. n. A kind of frock for children.
2. n. See Jamb.
3. v. t. To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.
4. v. t. To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.
5. v. t. To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
6. n. 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.
7. n. An injury caused by jamming.
8. n. A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
9. n. preserve of crushed fruit
10. n. informal terms for a difficult situation
11. n. a dense crowd of people
12. n. deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems