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.
is jamming
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present progressiveof jam (3rd person singular).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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The music is jamming and those things are somewhere else in the back of your mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Here she is, jamming her neck out and smiling through the pain.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2018
The East Village is jamming with vegetarian establishments, the cooked and the raw.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2015
People go to down and you go to the after-game and the bars in town and the different pubs around the stadium, the place is jamming.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2012
I push open the broken screen door and go inside, Juju is jamming.
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
