Jam
Definitions
- A kind of frock for children.
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A household that is only barely able to meet its financial obligations. UK, informal
- A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
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Abbreviation of Jamaica. abbreviation, alt-of
- A difficult situation.
- A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
- A blockage, congestion, or immobilization.
- An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
- A song; a track.
- An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.
- That which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.
- A forceful dunk.
- A play during which points can be scored.
- Any of several manoeuvres requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
- The tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber.
- Luck.
- Balls, bollocks, courage, machismo.
- Sexual relations or the contemplation of them.
- Something enjoyable; a delightful situation or outcome.
Equivalents
55 more languages
Afrikaanskonfyt
বাংলাজ্যাম
Eestimoos
Suomidonkkaushäiritähilloiskeäjamitjammaillajammatajuuttuakiipelilyöttymäpinneruuhkaruuhkaumatukkiatukostunkea
Gàidhligsilidh
Íslenskasulta
ქართულიმურაბა
Latinaconditus
LëtzebuergeschGebeess
Lietuviųuogienė
Te Reo Māorihama
Монголсаатал
မြန်မာယို
Русскийблокироватьвареньевпи́хиватьвпихнутьвталкиватьвтискатьвтискиватьвтиснутьвтолкнутьглушитьдавкаджемджем-се́йшензаблокироватьзаглушитьзагораживатьзагради́тьзагромождатьзагроможде́ниезагромозди́тьзажатьзажиматьзаторимпровизацияконфитюрмармеладповидлоприщемитьприщемля́тьпробкасжатьсжимать
Slovenčinadžem
Shqipreçel
ไทยแยม
Türkmençebal
Tiếng Việtmứt
Examples
“He is allergic to jam.”
“She loves eating jam for breakfast in hotels.”
“It's a blackmail ring⟳, and the district attorneys get⟳ a share⟳ of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune⟳ of three hundred and eighty-six thousand.”
“She was married when we first met / Soon to be divorced / I helped her out of a jam, I guess⟳ / But I used a little too much force⟳”
“Where, where is my common sense⟳? / How did I get⟳ in a jam like⟳ this?”
“The pitcher's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat.”
“a jam on the 101 South, blocking the two right lanes [radio report⟳]”
“a jam of logs in a river”
“According to Boeing, in the history of this elevator design⟳ (which exists on all Boeing DC-9/MD-80 series and 717 model⟳ airplanes), this accident was the first notification that Boeing had received of an elevator jam occurring on an airplane exposed to ground gusts lower than 65 kts. Boeing noted that the elevator design⟳ first entered service in 1965 on the then-Douglas DC-9 airplane.”
“And a mix⟳ CD titled "Summer Jamz 2000." Jamz is spelled with a "z".”
“The result⟳ is an outstanding assortment of sophisticated, sexy and hip-hop-tinged R&B grooves, ballads and party jams.”
“We came up with some new ideas at the game jam.”
“[…] a day at new Farm Park⟳ with an art jam, fursuit games, and a nerf war, ending in the evening at the strike⟳ Wintergarden bowling center.”
“Teaching is my jam.”
“Toughie scored four points in that jam.”
“I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.”
“He's got more jam than Waitrose.”
“I don't think⟳ he has the jam.”
“’Tis fine to be a pretty girl, or just a gay and witty girl, And obviously to be both is rightly counted jam, But even more desirable, and clearly less acquirable, Is that mysterious quality denominated glam.”
“Well, technically, a Jam is a working-class Brexit voter who feels alienated by the creeping march⟳ of globalisation.”
“Although most of the income for JAM families comes from work⟳, it is, in many cases, topped up by welfare support⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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