All jam synonyms
jam
J j noun jam
- predicament β an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
- quandary β a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma.
- scrape β to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- mess β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- pickle β a single grain or kernel, as of barley or corn.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- bind β If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
- box β A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids.
- corner β A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.
- difficulty β the fact or condition of being difficult.
- dilemma β a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- hole β an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- plight β Archaic. pledge.
- problem β any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- spot β a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- strait β Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- trouble β to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- hot water β trouble; a predicament: His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes.
- traffic jam β jam1 (def 16).
- gridlock β the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- bottleneck β A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
- logjam β an immovable pileup or tangle of logs, as in a river, causing a blockage.
- roadblock β an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- queue β a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.
- tailback β the offensive back who lines up farthest behind the line of scrimmage, as in a single wingback or double wingback formation.
verb jam
- squeeze β to press forcibly together; compress.
- cram β If you cram things or people into a container or place, you put them into it, although there is hardly enough room for them.
- pack β a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- ram β random-access memory; computer memory available to the user for creating, loading, or running programs and for the temporary storage and manipulation of data, in which time of access to each item is independent of the storage sequence. As a storage medium, RAM is volatile, so its contents are lost when the power fails or is turned off.
- shove β to move along by force from behind; push.
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- force β physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- wedge β a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Compare machine (def 3b).
- press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- squash β to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- stuff β the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- block β A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- clog β When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
- congest β to crowd or become crowded to excess; overfill
- crowd β A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
- elbow β The joint between the forearm and the upper arm.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- jostle β to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
- obstruct β to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- squish β to squeeze or squash.
- stall β a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
- stick β a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.