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.
have been jamming
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present perfect progressiveof jam.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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According to Bell, the duo have been jamming together since forever, mostly to generate material for Cisneros’s groups, but still stashing the oddest riffs and rhythms for themselves.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2021
In our brief visit, however, we discovered what generates those high-frequency signals that have been jamming our radio telescopes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Audio enthusiasts have been jamming themselves into demonstration rooms in New York's Grand Central Station to hear the astonishingly lifelike effect created by four amplifiers, four loudspeakers and a four-track, four-channel tape recorder.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eager mortgage seekers have been jamming the 68 offices at the staggering pace of 19,000 a week, an increase of nearly 500% over the year-ago clip.
From Time Magazine Archive
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