Jamming

//ˈd͡ʒæmɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process by which something is jammed. countable, uncountable

    "The broadcasts' effectiveness was limited by constant jamming."

  2. 2
    deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems wordnet
  3. 3
    The playing of improvisational music. countable, uncountable

    "Jamming with the band is her favorite way to find compositional inspiration."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of jam form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Great; awesome. slang

    "All I knew was it sho was a jamming party!"

Synonyms

All synonyms
electronic jammingjam

Example

More examples

"I'm sick of Tom jamming his opinions down my throat."

Related phrases

acoustic jamminganti-jammingculture jamming

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