Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: jammed
IPA transcription: [dʒ'æmd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: jammed, jam-packed, packed
    Meaning: filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater"
Usage examples
  • Then, at the third shot, the automatic jammed upon a discharged shell.
  • In half an hour we were standing upon the surface of a rock jammed in across the chimney from one side to the other.
  • But when I proceeded to take the latter in, I found that the halliards were somehow jammed aloft, and I shinned up to clear them.
  • Tom's task was to arrange the mechanism so that, hereafter, the rudder could not become jammed, and so prevent the airship from steering properly.