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jam
1[ jam ]
/ dʒæm /
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verb (used with object), jammed, jam·ming.
verb (used without object), jammed, jam·ming.
noun
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Other definitions for jam (2 of 3)
jam2
[ jam ]
/ dʒæm /
noun
a preserve of whole fruit, slightly crushed, boiled with sugar: strawberry jam.
Origin of jam
2First recorded in 1730–40; perhaps special use of jam1 (in the sense “to bruise or crush by squeezing”)
OTHER WORDS FROM jam
jamlike, jammy, adjectiveOther definitions for jam (3 of 3)
Jam.
abbreviation
Jamaica.
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British Dictionary definitions for jam (1 of 3)
jam1
/ (dʒæm) /
verb jams, jamming or jammed
noun
Derived forms of jam
jammer, nounWord Origin for jam
C18: probably of imitative origin; compare champ 1
British Dictionary definitions for jam (2 of 3)
jam2
/ (dʒæm) /
noun
a preserve containing fruit, which has been boiled with sugar until the mixture sets
slang something desirableyou want jam on it
jam today the principle of living for the moment
Word Origin for jam
C18: perhaps from jam 1 (the act of squeezing)
British Dictionary definitions for jam (3 of 3)
Jam.
abbreviation for
Jamaica
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Other Idioms and Phrases with jam
jam
see under get in a bind.
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