jamming
Wedging something tight
Jamming covers several kinds of forceful or persistent action.
To jam is to push something into a tight space: She jammed her clothes into the suitcase.
A jam is a blockage or congestion: traffic jam, paper jam.
To jam a signal is to interfere with it deliberately, blocking transmission.
In music, jamming is improvising together informally: The band was jamming in the garage.
A jam session is such an improvised performance.
Message-conveying cue
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
frequency · disruption · warfare · scrambling · transmission · communication · GPS · drone
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
Fixed tightly between surfaces
- lodgedFixed firmly within
- caughtSeized or grabbed
- stuckUnable to move
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
printer · gears · malfunction · blockage · clog · obstruction · seized · machinery
signal
Message-conveying cue
electronic · frequency · disruption · warfare · scrambling · transmission · communication · GPS · drone · countermeasure
improvisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
jazz · blues · solo · band · guitar · bass · drums · funk · lick · vamp
wedged
Fixed tightly between surfaces
mechanism · printer · gears · malfunction · blockage · clog · obstruction · seized · machinery · door
packing
Putting items in containers
overcrowding · suitcase · trunk · backpack · tight · compressing · forcing · shoving · wedging · loading
fruit
Edible plant ovary
- pectinFruit-based setting substance
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- canningAirtight food preservation
jars · preserves · berries · strawberry · marmalade · jelly · boiling · sterilizing · sealing · homemade
- Equipment Problemsrust, corrosion, wear, deterioration, breakdown
- compressioncompress, compression, compressor, compressing, compact
- improvisingad-lib, ad-libbing, riff, riffing, freestyle
- interferenceinterfering, meddling, intruding, butting in, obstructing
- musical performanceconcert, gig, recital, live music, solo
- musicianshipsinging, playing, performing, practicing, harmonizing
jammingclearing
Treeless space in forest
freeing · unblocking · unjamming · unclogging · releasing
jammingtransmitting
Sending out signals
broadcasting · receiving · amplifying · signal boosting · boosting
- jamming outDancing freely to music
- jamming on the brakesSudden forceful deceleration
- signal jammingBlocking electronic transmissions intentionally
- Radio jammingIntentional broadcast disruption
- GPS jammingBlocking satellite navigation signals
- radar jammingDisrupting detection signals electronically