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Jam   /dʒæm/   Listen
noun
Jam  n.  A kind of frock for children.


Jam  n.  (Mining) See Jamb.


Jam  n.  
1.
A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.
2.
An injury caused by jamming. (Colloq.)
3.
A difficult situation; as, he got himself into a jam. (informal)


Jam  n.  A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; also called jelly; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
Jam nut. See Check nut, under Check.
Jam weld (Forging), a butt weld. See under Butt.


verb
Jam  v. t.  (past & past part. jammed; pres. part. jamming)  
1.
To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in; to cram; as, rock fans jammed the theater for the concert. "The ship... jammed in between two rocks."
2.
To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door. (Colloq.)
3.
(Naut.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
4.
To block or obstruct by packing too much (people or objects) into; as, shoppers jammed the aisles during the fire sale.
5.
(Radio) To interfere with (a radio signal) by sending other signals of the same or nearby frequency; as, the Soviets jammed Radio Free Europe broadcasts for years during the cold war.
6.
To cause to become nonfunctional by putting something in that blocks the movement of a part or parts; as, he jammed the drawer by putting in too many loose papers; he jammed the lock by trying to pick it.


Jam  v. i.  
1.
To become stuck so as not to function; as, the copier jammed again.
2.
(Music) To play an instrument in a jam session.
3.
To crowd together; usually used with together or in; as, fifty people jammed into a conference room designed for twenty.





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"Jam" Quotes from Famous Books



... Miss Raleigh, "which can be laid away and which you can fill up with preserves or jam whenever you want a pie. How many of these ...
— The Captain's Toll-Gate • Frank R. Stockton
... tell the truth, I was obliged to knock over a few of your tall life-guards. They seem to think you're a good thing and need looking after, like jam in a cupboard." ...
— The Master Key - An Electrical Fairy Tale • L. Frank Baum
... watermelon or cake or ice cream will not give you half so bad, nor so dangerous, colic as one little piece of tainted meat or fish or egg, or one cupful of dirty milk, or a single helping of cabbage or tomatoes that have begun to spoil, or of jam made out of spoiled berries or other fruit. This spoiling can be prevented by strict cleanliness in handling foods, especially milk, meat, and fruit; by keeping foods screened from dust and flies; and by keeping them cool with ice in summer time, thus checking the growth of these "spoiling" ...
— A Handbook of Health • Woods Hutchinson
... "that it would be pleasanter here because of the jam at the club. That's why I proposed that you ...
— The Mayor of Warwick • Herbert M. Hopkins
... imagined that.—Ver. 203-4. 'Et jam prensurum, jam, jam mea viscera rebar In sua mersurum.' Clarke thus renders these words; 'And now I thought he would presently whip me up, and cram my bowels within ...
— The Metamorphoses of Ovid - Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes - and Explanations • Publius Ovidius Naso


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