🇬🇧 Jam meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To jam means to get stuck so you can’t move, or to make something else stuck so it can’t move. When something jams, it’s squeezed too tightly or blocked by something, like a door that won’t open, a printer that won’t pull the paper through, or a drawer that won’t slide. If you jam something, you push it in so hard or in such a bad way that it can’t move anymore.

I jammed my backpack under my desk so hard that it might be living there forever now.

My brother jammed so many socks in his drawer that the drawer now refuses to open, probably out of protest.

The kids jammed the slide by all stopping halfway, turning it into a human traffic jam of giggles and complaints.

My little brother jammed his toy car in my hair and proudly announced it had found a parking spot.

We jammed so many toys under the bed that the bed started to float like a bumpy island of plastic.

Sam slid a toy truck into a small gate and saw it jam. He pulled; the wheel could jam again if he forced it. A neighbor cried, "Don't jam the truck!" They pushed and tugged, the gate might jam the wheels, but they freed it. Sam laughed: it would not jam again.

This word is at the C1 level, which means it’s part of advanced English. It’s used in sophisticated conversations, professional settings, and academic discussions. Words at this level help you express yourself fluently and precisely in nuanced situations.

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