jam

I 1. verb

1)

he jammed a finger in each ear

Syn:

stuff, shove, force, ram, thrust, press, push, stick, squeeze, cram

2)

hundreds of people jammed into the hall

Syn:

crowd, pack, pile, press, squeeze, squish, cram, wedge; throng, mob, occupy, fill, overcrowd, obstruct, block, congest

3)

the rudder had jammed

Syn:

stick, become stuck, catch, seize (up), become trapped

4)

dust can jam the mechanism

Syn:

immobilize, paralyze, disable, cripple, put out of action, bring to a standstill; clog

5)

we were just jamming and his amp blew

Syn:

improvise, play (music), extemporize, ad lib

2. noun

1)

a traffic jam

Syn:

congestion, holdup, bottleneck, gridlock, backup, tie-up, snarl-up

2) informal

we are in a real jam

Syn:

predicament, plight, tricky situation, difficulty, problem, quandary, dilemma, muddle, mess, imbroglio, mare's nest, dire straits; informal pickle, stew, fix, hole, scrape, bind, tangle, spot, tight spot, corner, tight corner, hot/deep water, can of worms

II noun

raspberry jam

Syn:

preserve, conserve, jelly, marmalade, fruit spread, compote, (fruit) butter