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Jammer

Definition: Jammer

Jammer

Noun

1. A transmitter used to broadcast electronic jamming.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Jammer" is a common misspelling or typo for: hammer, jammed, rammer, yammer.


Synonyms: Jammer

Synonyms by domain: jamming transmitter (post & telecom), radar jamming, signal/noise ratio.

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Crosswords: Jammer

Specialty definitions using "jammer": JAMMER OPERATORspread spectrum communications, stiff-neck loader. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Jammer" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (alas, regrettably, sorry, unfortunately), Dutch (alas, regrettably, that's too bad, unfortunately, what a pity), Flemish (unfortunately), German (bitchiness, lamentation, misery, pity, ruefulness, wailing, woe, wretchedness).

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Modern Usage: Jammer

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Der Lange Jammer (1973)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Jammer

DomainTitle

Books

  • Procurement irregularities associated with the Department of Defense's airborne self-protection jammer program : hearing before the Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office, and Civil Service of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Se (reference)

  • Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: An RV Ride Into the Heart of Southern Football Mania (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Jammer

"Jammer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Jammer" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)85.71%6143,867
Noun (proper)14.29%1339,140
                    Total100.00%7N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Jammer

The following table summarizes the usage of "jammer" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
JammerLast name13063,084
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Jammer

Expressions using "jammer": automatic search jammer search jammer. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "jammer": repeater-jammer, wind-jammer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Jammer

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

radar jammer

196

gps jammer

11

jammer

135

radar detector jammer

11

cellular jammer phone schematic

89

viper radar jammer

11

cell phone jammer

58

jammer live

10

jammer jimmi

54

radar jammer review

10

cellular phone jammer

34

jammer radio

10

laser jammer

29

radar laser jammer

9

phazer radar jammer

26

cycle jammer product

9

radar jammer plan

25

gsm jammer

8

build jammer radar

21

demo jammer key pro

8

jammer pro

20

wind jammer cruise

7

um jammer lammy

18

jammer mobile phone

7

wind jammer

18

cycle jammer

7

street jammer

18

modem jammer

7

bell jammer radar

14

jammer video

6

cellular jammer

13

fm jammer

6

quentin jammer

13

street jammer electric scooter

6

cal jammer

12

automobile b b b b escort inc jammer magazine radar test

6

active radar jammer

12

b b b b b b b b detector jammer jammers radar radar radar store

6

jammer make radar

12

b b b b ii jammer phazer radar technoscout.com

6

phantom radar jammer

12

b b b b jammer radar review

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Jammer

Language Translations for "jammer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

störsender (interfering transmitter, jamming transmitter). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

zavaradó, zavaró állomás. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ジャスミン茶 (jab, jack, jackal, jack-knife, jackpot, JAL PAK, jam, jam bun, jam session, Jamaica, jamming, Jap, Japan, Japan bashing, Japan Cup, Japan Foundation, Japan shift, Japan Society, Japan Times, Japanese, Japanese English, Japanese management, Japanese smile, Japanesque, Japanologist, Japanology, Japonaiserie, Japonica, jasmine tea, JASRAC, javelin, jazz, jazz band, jazz chorus, jazz dance, jazz festival, jazz life, jazz piano, jazz singer, jazz song, jazzmen, judge, judge paper, judgement, juggle, junction, junk, junk accessories, junk art, junk bond, junk food, junkie). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ジャマー . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ammerjay

   

Romanian

  

staţie de bruiaj. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

станция умышленных помех. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yayını bozan radyo istasyonu (jamming station), parazit yapan radyo istasyonu (jamming station). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Jammer

Derivations

Words beginning with "jammer": jammers. (additional references)

Words ending with "jammer": katzenjammer, windjammer. (additional references)

Words containing "jammer": katzenjammers, windjammers. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Jammer"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "jammer" (pronounced ja"mer)
3-a" m erclamor, crammer, dammer, enamor, glamor, glamour, grammar, hammer, rammer, slammer, stammer.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Jammer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-j-m-m-r"

-2 letters: mare, ream.

-3 letters: are, arm, ear, era, jam, jar, mae, mar, mem, raj, ram, rem.

-4 letters: ae, am, ar, em, er, ma, me, mm, re.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-j-m-m-r"
 

+1 letter: jammers, jammier.

 

+4 letters: jackhammer, windjammer.

 

+5 letters: jackhammers, windjammers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Jammer


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 61 6D 6D 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.---    .-    --    --    .    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01100001 01101101 01101101 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#97 &#109 &#109 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0061 006D 006D 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

446779797184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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