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Jammer¹

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From jam + -er.

noun Jammers

  1. A player of the massively multiplayer online game Animal Jam (now either the app so named, formerly Animal Jam – Play Wild!, or the desktop game renamed Animal Jam Classic). A growing percentage of "Jammers" are visiting from international territories, and global growth of the Animal Jam property will be a strong focus for Smart Bomb Interactive in 2013.

    Similar: Animal Jammer

jammer²

  • /ˈd͡ʒæmɚ/ US

Rhymes with -æmə(ɹ)

noun jammers

  1. Any device used to jam radio reception. "But the Civil Aviation Authority is very worried about 'flyaway' - if someone has bought a GPS jammer on eBay because they don't want drones near their house, it can cause drones to get completely lost and shoot off in a random direction until they run out of battery.
  2. A musician who jams.
  3. A device (e.g. a jumar) which will slide along a rope in one direction but not the other, used in rock-climbing, caving etc.
  4. A player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players.

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noun device used to jam radio reception

Françaisbrouilleur
DeutschStörsender, Jammer

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@misc{jammer_2026,
  title = {jammer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jammer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}