Definitions

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  • adjective filled to capacity or overfilled.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to something which is stuck.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of jam.

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  • adjective filled to capacity

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Examples

  • Our carrying-on was a scandal; but the women fetched the drink while all the village that could crowd in jammed the room to witness our antics.

    Chapter 15 2010

  • It came not long after Daniel Sedin jammed in a loose puck just as Theodore was covering it with his glove.

    USATODAY.com - Hockey - Colorado vs. Vancouver 2006

  • Sakic tied it 3 minutes later, but Daniel Sedin jammed the puck past Budaj on a power play with 3: 28 left in the first period and Cowan made it 3-1 from a sharp angle just 75 seconds later.

    USATODAY.com - Hockey - Colorado vs. Vancouver 2006

  • With the crowd cheering him loudly after he went ahead 15-40 for his first break point of the set, Agassi sent back a service return that Safin jammed into the net.

    USATODAY.com - Safin ends Agassi's winning streak at the Australian Open 2004

  • Our carrying on was a scandal; but the women fetched the drink while all the village that could crowd in jammed the room to witness our antics.

    Chapter 15 1915

  • The calls jammed Park Nicollet's phones and made it impossible for sick patients to get through to the clinic.

    News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio 2009

  • All the calls jammed the NBC phone lines that they couldn't get through to their mobile broadcast unit in Oakland to turn the game back on.

    unknown title 2008

  • The nurse finally came in and without saying a word jammed her hand up my mother’s vagina and pulled out handfuls of blood clots.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Fatou Jabbie 2007

  • The nurse finally came in and without saying a word jammed her hand up my mother’s vagina and pulled out handfuls of blood clots.

    Rokia Fatou Jabbie 2007

  • Different political terms jammed together is a brainwashing gimmick that pundits have been playing for so long.

    Catholics Turned to the Democrat - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

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  • ... and far below the streets jammed with little winking toy yellow cabs ...

    April 30, 2010