Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jamming
1 sense of jamming
Sense 1
jamming, electronic jamming, jam -- (deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems)
=> electronic countermeasures, ECM -- (electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb jam
7 senses of jam
Sense 1
throng, mob, pack, pile, jam -- (press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium")
=> crowd, crowd together -- (to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah")
Sense 2
jam -- (push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor")
=> push, force -- (move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner")
Sense 3
jam, crush -- (crush or bruise; "jam a toe")
=> bruise, contuse -- (injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee")
Sense 4
jam, block -- (interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station")
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off -- (make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages")
Sense 5
jam -- (get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed")
=> malfunction, misfunction -- (fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned")
Sense 6
jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad -- (crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked")
=> stuff -- (cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets")
Sense 7
obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -- (block passage through; "obstruct the path")
=> impede, hinder -- (be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project")