Unscramble jamming

Definition of jamming

noun:

• deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems. Synonyms: electronic jamming, jam.

verb:

• press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium". Synonyms: jam, mob, pack, pile, throng.
• push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor". Synonyms: jam.
• crush or bruise; "jam a toe". Synonyms: crush, jam.
• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America", "block the signals emitted by this station". Synonyms: block, jam.
• get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed". Synonyms: jam.
• crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked". Synonyms: chock up, cram, jam, jampack, ram, wad.
• block passage through; "obstruct the path". Synonyms: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude. Antonyms: free.

Related words

asphyxiate, bar, barricade, barricado, block, blockade, choke, clog, congest, dam, foul, screen, stifle, stop, suffocate.

Words nearby

hamming.

Rhymes with

damning.