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.
was jamming
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past progressiveof jam.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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By the time he was a freshman, Mr. Jamal was jamming at the musicians’ union hall and working in Pittsburgh nightclubs.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2023
This hinted that the U.S. was jamming the balloon’s electronics so it could not gather or transmit data.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2023
“I think that was really all drawn up in the play call,” Williams said, “Just for him to just get the ball and sling it while I was jamming him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2020
I do know that the temp sound was made by Katrina Pastore, our assistant editor, who was jamming some ramen noodles with a chopstick.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2019
Everyone was jamming together, singing songs: Dad’s songs, Adam’s songs, old Clash songs, old Wipers songs.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
