Jammed and Short

Jammed

Jammed adjective - Containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible.
Usage example: tour buses, jammed with eager sightseers, invariably stop at that spot

Short is an antonym for jammed.

Nearby Words: jamming, jammer

Short

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.

Jammed is an antonym for short.

Both words in one sentence

  • It's implied the Water Prison was still holding a number of children when Walter's ghost came back for vengeance; the kids would have starved to death in short order when the cell doors jammed shut.
  • Film / Flight With his elevators jammed nose-down, vertical flight controls broken, he did pretty much the ONLY thing that would have had a prayer of keeping that plane in the air a short time - inverting the plane, turning nose-down into nose-up.
    Source: Film / Flight
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