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adjective

1
as in filled
containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible tour buses, jammed with eager sightseers, invariably stop at that spot

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2
as in stuck
firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge this jammed door just won't budge

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jammed

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verb

past tense of jam
1
as in crammed
to fit (people or things) into a tight space jammed his clothes into the already bulging hamper

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2
as in blocked
to prevent passage through by filling with something firefighters found the nightclub's doorways jammed with trapped patrons

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3
as in packed
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained the inn will jam a guest's picnic basket with an array of tempting foods

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4
as in pushed
to force one's way several more people jammed into the bus even though there was hardly room to stand

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Recent Examples of jammed
Adjective
Thousands have fled on jammed roads as officials said even more communities could be threatened. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 The big panels themselves were jammed — too jammed, with hundreds reportedly unable to get inside Hall H amid unconfirmed rumors of counterfeit wristbands. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 27 July 2026 Long paragraphs jammed to the edges of the form won’t be visually appealing. — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 25 July 2026 His fingers have been jammed, his head butted, his eyes gashed. — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026 Yellowstone National Park reported a new visitation record in May, a month that brought jammed parking lots and delays to the park that’s largely in Wyoming with parts in Montana and Idaho. — Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 10 July 2026 During busy times, intersections become jammed, and traffic slows down to a crawl. — Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 The main highway leading south from Beirut was jammed Tuesday with people displaced from southern Lebanon returning to their homes. — Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026 Earlier drones relied on satellite navigation, which is less precise, even if not jammed or spoofed. — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Verb
The shooting suspect then returned to the payment window, and fired again through it at employees who were trying to render aid to Garibay, until his handgun jammed, the video showed. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 The gunman tried to fire more shots through the window, video shows, but his handgun jammed. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 7 Aug. 2026 In 1836, about 1,000 people jammed an assembly hall to dedicate the temple. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 The 21-year-old recalled getting jammed a couple of times against the Brewers’ Aaron Ashby. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 Court documents show Deputy Samuelson may have been shot more than three times if Grafton's gun hadn't jammed. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 But the cops were still jammed up by 2006, mainly because the medical examiner didn’t definitively rule her death a homicide. — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026 Once jammed together, the particles create a firm grip that remains locked until air is allowed back into the bag. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026 Denver, Toronto, Minnesota, Detroit and Cleveland are all jammed fairly close together. — Tim Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jammed
  1. filled
  2. stuck
  3. crammed
  4. blocked
  5. packed
  6. pushed
  7. crowded
  8. tight
Adjective
  • Maybe the sign-up flow has too many fields, the first action users need to take isn't obvious or there's a setting that should have been pre-filled.
    — Kelli Behan-Aspland, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The Wall Street Journal featured Reese alongside WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson on its magazine cover, even after Caitlin Clark broke numerous records, filled arenas, and set new marks for WNBA broadcasts.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Definition of filled
Adjective
  • Highly adaptable professionals often feel stuck despite successful career changes, a phenomenon stemming from carrying outdated definitions of success into new roles.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The sluggish job market has shut out new entrants and left people like Ruiz feeling stuck.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of stuck
Verb
  • Vintage clothes lovers will find Notio Bene Vintage, Mink Vintage, and Leila Boutique all crammed next to each other along the corner of Cukur Cuma Street and Boğazkesen Street.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026
  • There’s been little diplomatic progress since then, as the Israeli army has advanced beyond armistice lines against a shrinking Hamas fiefdom where some 2 million Palestinians are crammed.
    — Dan Williams, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of crammed
Verb
  • Renal infarction is when the flow of blood to your kidney gets blocked, leading to the death of kidney tissue.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Around the country, more than 530 counties and municipalities have blocked or severely restricted data centers, according to Heatmap Pro, a clean energy news service.
    — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of blocked
Verb
  • Hundreds of Modesto residents packed City Hall demanding that leaders stop data centers from coming to the city.
    — Nina Burns, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Both phantoms were packed with thousands of dosimeters, tracking radiation dose over specific phases of the flight rather than just a cumulative total.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of packed
Verb
  • Five days before the deadline, the Digital Omnibus pushed them to December 2027.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In Congress, Republicans aimed at Fauci more frequently and pushed the unproven theory that the coronavirus was created at a lab in Wuhan, China, instead of spreading from animal to human, as Fauci believed.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of pushed
Adjective
  • Printer Deals Compact enough to fit on any crowded dorm desk, the Canon Pixma TS6520 offers complete print, copy, and scan functionality.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Kim, who led the field in June’s crowded primary, was endorsed Tuesday by the California Federation of Labor Unions, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO that represents more than 1,300 state labor unions.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of crowded
Adjective
  • Mexico holds over 140 Tcf (trillion cubic feet) of unconventional gas resources, mostly in northern shale or tight sand basins.
    — Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Amid tight security, Najib stood inside a cage wearing a prisoner’s uniform as the judge read the sentence.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of tight

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