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jammed

/dʒæmd/

jammed adjective: stuck. Also the simple past and past participle of jam.

Adjective

jammed

  1. Stuck.
    • The window is jammed shut.
    • How to treat a jammed finger or toe.
  2. Overcrowded; congested.
    • Certain routes of the city are heavily jammed.
    • These roads are hopelessly jammed with cars and mobile homes during holidays.
  3. Rendered unusable by intentional interference.
    • All their broadcasts are jammed.
    • The jammed programming is being distributed on USB sticks instead.

Also used as

jammed is also the simple past and past participle of jam.

jammed meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi

jammed in Hindi

जाम हो गया

jammed in Urdu

جامڈ

jammed in Bengali

জ্যামড

jammed in Punjabi

ਜਾਮ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ
More languagesFewer languages
jammed in Gujarati
જામ થઈ ગયું
jammed in Odia
ଜାମ୍ଡ

Examples of jammed in a sentence

  • The printer is still jammed. Make sure that all the jammed paper is removed.
  • The ship was jammed between two rocks.
  • A jammed Oktoberfest beer tent.

Synonyms of jammed

Words formed from jammed

Phrases with jammed

Questions about jammed

What does jammed mean?
Jammed means stuck.
What is jammed in Hindi?
Jammed in Hindi is जाम हो गया. See Jammed meaning in Hindi.
How do you use jammed in a sentence?
The printer is still jammed. Make sure that all the jammed paper is removed.
What part of speech is jammed?
Jammed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce jammed?
Jammed is pronounced /dʒæmd/.

Words near jammed in the dictionary

  1. jammabandi
  2. jammabandies
  3. jammabandis
  4. jammabandy
  5. jammable
  6. jammed
  7. jammed on the brakes
  8. jammed one's hype
  9. jammed out
  10. jammed up
  11. jammer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jammed (page history and authors); jammed (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jammed (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jammed (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jammed (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jammed (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jammed (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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