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jammed

jammed

1 2.3
Full of people or things with no space left
  • adjective
  • /dʒæmd/
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  • You know, people were jammed in under stairs and in closets and there was pizza boxes every place and dogs running around.

By the way, in the hold of one of those ships, it was jammed with gunpowder and muskets.

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Examples

  • Insight H is for the hat that's jammed on really tight.

  • I'm watching all these people jammed in together.

  • And we're going so fast, we're jammed in the back by the seatbelts.

  • So this thing could have really been jammed full of stuff that's going to stop us from taking the action that we want.

  • The facts are jammed into the easy and favored and and pre written narrative.

  • The facts are jammed into the easy and favored and and pre written narrative.

  • By the way, in the hold of one of those ships, it was jammed with gunpowder and muskets.

  • The Austrian escape route is immediately jammed with fleeing troops, wagons and guns.

  • The Austrian escape route is immediately jammed with fleeing troops, wagons and guns.

  • The subway was so jammed during rush hour that I could barely move.

Synonyms

crowded
vsjammed
222 1.0

Full of too many people to move or sit comfortably

expresses general overfilling but less intense than extreme capacity
packed
vsjammed
33 1.3

Full of people with no room left

shares the same extreme fullness rather than a different focus
jam-packed
vsjammed
14 3.7

Very full and crowded with almost no space

matches the same extreme fullness but is a compound form
wall-to-wall
vsjammed
14 4.2

Completely full of people or things with no space to move

focuses on continuous filling across an area rather than count alone
congested
vsjammed
14 4.4

Too full to allow movement, for example during heavy traffic

adds the idea of blocked movement rather than only fullness
chock-a-block
vsjammed
  • UK
1 8.2

So full that there is little or no space

stresses tight compactness rather than simple high numbers
packed to the rafters
vsjammed
  • Informal
1 4.9

Completely full of people or things with no space left

highlights maximum filling more than general crowding
stuffed to the gills
vsjammed
  • Informal
1 7.6

Completely full with no space left

expresses the same capacity but with a sense of overfilling
chockablock
vsjammed
  • UK
1 7.9

Completely full of people or things

is the same sense but is a variant form or spelling
chockful
vsjammed
6.3

Full so there is no room left

emphasizes complete internal filling rather than loose crowding
full to the gills
vsjammed
  • Informal
6.6

Very full after a large meal or in a crowded place

conveys similar total fullness but with a colloquial tone
thronged
vsjammed
6.0

A place full of many people standing close together

emphasizes people gathering rather than objects filling a space

Antonyms

1.0

Not containing anything

5 4.0

Free of extra things and distractions, simple and tidy

How Crowded

jammed
1 2.3
overcrowded
18 3.1
crowded
222 1.0
uncrowded
2 3.0
empty
1.0

Surface Forms

jammed positive

Morphology

jammed = jam (transparent) = jam + ed

Formed from the verb 'jam' with the regular past-participial/adjectival suffix '-ed', meaning 'blocked' or 'filled, which is directly inferable.

Etymology

A helpful way to remember jammed is to think of the verb jam as coming from the idea of pressing fruit into a jar to make jam. So when something is jammed, it is 'pressed' or 'packed' so full that there is no room left.