Jams
[ ˈjamz]
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More Synonyms and Antonyms ofJams
1
a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement
- thousands of cars trying to leave the stadium's parking lot at the same time are sure to create a jam
2
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
- the heavy rain puts us in a real jam: all of the preparations are for a garden wedding
- binds,
- boxes,
- catch-22's
- (or catch-22s),
- corners,
- dilemmas,
- fixes,
- holes,
- impasses,
- jackpots
-
[chiefly West],
- mires,
- pickles,
- predicaments,
- quagmires,
- rabbit holes,
- rattraps,
- spots,
- sticky wickets,
- swamps
present tense third-person singular of jam 1
to fit (people or things) into a tight space
- jammed his clothes into the already bulging hamper
2
to prevent passage through by filling with something
- firefighters found the nightclub's doorways jammed with trapped patrons
- blocks,
- chokes,
- clogs,
- clots,
- congests,
- dams,
- gums (up),
- obstructs,
- occludes,
- plugs (up),
- stops (up),
- stuffs
3
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained
- the inn will jam a guest's picnic basket with an array of tempting foods
4
to force one's way
- several more people jammed into the bus even though there was hardly room to stand
- bores,
- bulldozes,
- bulls,
- crashes,
- elbows,
- jostles,
- muscles,
- presses,
- pushes,
- shoulders,
- squeezes