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Definition of "jam" in Englisch

noun

  1. (less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts

    • He is allergic to jam.
    • She loves eating jam for breakfast in hotels.
  2. (countable) A difficult situation.

  3. (countable) A blockage, congestion, or immobilization.

    • a jam on the 101 South, blocking the two right lanes [radio report]
    • a jam of logs in a river
  4. (countable, popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.

  5. (countable, by extension, informal) A song; a track.

  6. (countable, by extension) An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.

    • We came up with some new ideas at the game jam.
  7. (countable, slang) That which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.

    • Teaching is my jam.
  8. (countable, basketball) A forceful dunk.

  9. (countable, roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.

    • Toughie scored four points in that jam.
  10. (countable, climbing) Any of several manoeuvres requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.

    • I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.
  11. (Australia) The tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber.

  12. (UK, slang) Luck.

    • He's got more jam than Waitrose.
  13. (Canada, slang) Balls, bollocks, courage, machismo.

    • I don't think he has the jam.
  14. (slang) Sexual relations or the contemplation of them.

  15. (slang) Something enjoyable; a delightful situation or outcome.

verb

  1. To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.

    • My foot got jammed in a gap between the rocks.
    • Her poor little baby toe got jammed in the door.
    • I jammed the top knuckle of my ring finger.
  2. To brusquely force something into a space; to cram, to squeeze.

    • They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.
    • The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters.
    • Jamm’d in at midnight, in cold winter weather,
  3. To render something unable to move.

  • To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".

    • A single accident can jam the roads for hours.
  • To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.

    • The government jams foreign propaganda broadcasts.
    • The airstrike suffered minimal casualties because electronic-warfare aircraft were jamming the enemy air-defense radars.
  • (baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.

    • Jones was jammed by the pitch.
  • (basketball) To dunk.

  • (music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).

  • To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.

    • When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe.
  • (roller derby) To attempt to score points.

    • Toughie jammed four times in the second period.
  • (nautical, transitive) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.

  • (Canada, informal) To give up on a date or some other joint endeavour; to stand up, chicken out, jam out.

  • (colloquial) To be of high quality (especially for music).

    • I love this song! This song jams!
  • noun

    1. (dated) A kind of frock for children.

    noun

    1. (mining) Alternative form of jamb.