jammer

noun — 5 senses

jammer

nounalso spelled Jammer

US /ˈd͡ʒæmɚ/

Etymology From jam + -er.

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

A player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players.

Derived terms
game jammer, gearjammer, shrimp jammer
Related terms
Animal Jammer, windjammer

Jammer

noun

Etymology From jam + -er.

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 2013.2013 March 19, “Smart Bomb Interactive Celebrates Record Growth”, in Business Wire, →OCLC:
  • So come meet over 16 million Animal Jam players, or Jammers. […] Liza appears throughout this book to share her advice and tips with all Jammers.2014, Katherine Noll, “Welcome to Animal Jam!”, in Animal Jam: Official Insider’s Guide, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISBN, page 5:
2 more examples
  • This Is Animal Jam, which has recently hit magazine racks across the country, is filled with insider tips, a Jammer name generator, games and puzzles and fun facts about the natural world.2018 summer, “DCT Media launch This is^([sic]) Animal Jam magazine”, in Total Licensing, Wadhurst, East Sussex, →OCLC, page 131, column 1:
  • Only as an actual adult did I realize how bizarre one particular user-created facet of the game was: an obsession with “adopting” other Jammers, or being “adopted” oneself. […] It’s a little disconcerting to ponder how much of my happy online childhood was spent hanging out virtually with people who were old enough to own Hondas and go on PornHub^([sic]) on purpose (and definitely people old enough to be active on Reddit), but I loved being a Jammer.2022 September 30, Miranda Wollen, “Are You There, God? It’s Me, iluvcupcakes29545.”, in Yale Daily News, volume CXLV, number 2, New Haven, Conn.: Yale University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page B4, columns 2 and 5:

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