jamming

/ (ˈdʒæmɪŋ) /

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noun

mountaineering a rock-climbing technique in which holds are got by wedging the hands and feet in suitable cracks

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Words nearby jamming

Jamie, Jamila, Jamison, jammies, jammin', jamming, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, jammy, Jamnagar, jam nut

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How to use jamming in a sentence

Jamming Netanyahu at the UN will buck him up among the right.
Why We Should Delay The Israel-Palestinian Peace Process|Aaron David Miller|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You can see him in the video, jamming his headphones into the pocket of his black trenchcoat.
The Baptism of Michael Brown Sr. and Ferguson’s Baptism by Fire|Justin Glawe|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On The Tonight Show recently, Clinton was jamming alongside Questlove and The Roots.
George Clinton on Industry ‘Mobsters’ and How Nobody Wants to Listen to a Crackhead|Curtis Stephen|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Neither did the technology to add broadband-active jamming to a stealth aircraft exist in 1995.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Hide From Russian Radar|Bill Sweetman|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

We can be sure that onboard jamming has not been added to the F-35 since.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Hide From Russian Radar|Bill Sweetman|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Frank leaped ashore and pushed the boat off, while Mayne held her by jamming the leeward oar into the mud.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
I sprang to my feet just as the professor, jamming on his spectacles, leaned forward and slammed the cage door.
In Search of the Unknown|Robert W. Chambers
The man sat up, and caught himself from falling forward by jamming his hands into the sand.
The Jewels of Aptor|Samuel R. Delany
But on the very verge was a solitary rock on which the boat drifted and split—one part jamming fast.
Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa|Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher Johnson
There was then a terrible jamming and pushing to see who would get first into the directors' room, which stood wide open.
Other People's Money|Emile Gaboriau

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