jam
verb (used with object)
to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible.
are jamming
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present progressiveof jam.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Weight-loss drugs have intensified demand for the nutrient, and food companies are jamming it into just about everything they can.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
“They are jamming everything their systems can reach,” said an official of Aerorozvidka, a reconnaissance team of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle tinkerers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of safety concerns.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
Jackson’s definitive sequence — the song “Get Back” emerging as Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr are jamming one morning — merges laddish camaraderie with deep artistic instinct.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021
Paper masks and latex gloves tossed into toilets and washed into storm drains also are jamming sewer equipment and littering rivers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2021
We are jamming and refining and inventing as well and throwing stuff out and bringing new stuff in.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2019
