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jam
has definitions from the fields of military,electronics,food
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[ noun ] (food) preserve of crushed fruit
Used in print (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)Several sections of a loaf of dark_bread ; butter ; jam ; a tiny cake of ice . Related terms |
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[ verb ] interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
Synonyms Examples "Jam the Voice of America" "block the signals emitted by this station" Used in print (Glenn Infield, "America's Secret Poison Gas Tragedy"...)It was `` window '' - the tinsel paper dropped by bombers to jam radar sets , to fill the scope with hundreds of blips that would seem to be approaching bombers . Related terms interrupt spot_jam barrage_jam blanket_jam point_jam jamming |
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[ verb ] push forcibly, as of brakes
Examples : "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor...)In Chicago , the driver cut_out would likely jam his gas pedal to the floor in an effort to force the other car back . Related terms |
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[ noun ] informal terms for a difficult situation
Examples "he got into a terrible fix" "he made a muddle of his marriage" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (military,electronics) deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
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