Jam
Jam verb - To fit (people or things) into a tight space.
Usage example: jammed his clothes into the already bulging hamper
Nearby Word: jamming
Load
Load verb - To put into (something) as much as can be held or contained.
Usage example: she loaded her plate at the buffet with as much food as she could carry and with more than any sane person should eat
Jam is a synonym for load in full topic. Sometimes you can use "Jam" instead a verb "Load", if it concerns topics such as pack, burden.
How words are described
| old | old jam | old load |
| full | full jam | full load |
| special | special jam | special load |
| long | long jam | long load |
| Other adjectives: short, current, single, actual, real, massive, big, huge, slow, horrible, absolute, major, hot, less, horrific. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- It's also defied in that when that gun does jam, your character simply works the action again until it does load.
Source: Reliably Unreliable Guns -
Bring My Brown Pants: Barry drops a load of strawberry jam after being confronted with sharp tools, complete with the BS-USB he has eaten earlier.
- The other way it can jam is a failure to load if the weapon is set to semi, which can be solved by cycling manually.
Source: Video Game / Hideous Destructor
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