Jam and Stopping

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Jam noun - A crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement.

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Stopping and jam are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stopping" instead a noun "Jam".

Nearby Word: jamming

Stopping noun - Fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members.

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Jam and stopping are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Jam" instead a noun "Stopping".

Nearby Words: stop, stopped, stoppage, stopper, stopover

Shang, coming behind him, defies the trope by stopping in a controlled manner before running into him, but that just makes the jam form behind him when everyone else fails to do the same.

Source: Disney / Mulan
In Street Hawk, the motorcycle rider could jam on the thrusters while simultaneously deploying emergency stopping wings which had the net effect of flipping the bike up in the air doing a loop-de-loop.

Source: Do a Barrel Roll
The Human Traffic Jam of Palpatine stopping suddenly when he hears bad news while doing the conga line with the Stormtroopers.

Source: Western Animation / LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles

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