Dictionary

jammer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈd͡ʒæmɚ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English jam Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English jammer From jam + -er.

Meanings

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. 2025 July 23, Paul Clifton, “Air force: drones' developing railway role”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 29:
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. (qualifier:roller derby) A player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players.

Forms

Deriveds

shrimp jammer · gearjammer · game jammer

Relateds

windjammer · Animal Jammer

Translations (8)

pl zakłócacz (device used to jam radio reception) · fr brouilleur (device used to jam radio reception) · fi häirintälähetin (device used to jam radio reception) · de Jammer (device used to jam radio reception) · fi häirintälaite (device used to jam radio reception) · nl stoorzender (device used to jam radio reception) · tr sinyal bozucu (device used to jam radio reception) · de Störsender (device used to jam radio reception)