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jam
fill too tightly; cram; fruit preserve
Not to be confused with:
jamb – vertical sides of a doorway or window
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jam 1
(jăm)v. jammed, jam·ming, jams
v.tr.
1. To drive or wedge forcibly into a tight position: jammed the cork in the bottle.
2. To activate or apply (a brake) suddenly. Often used with on: jammed the brakes on.
3.
a. To cause to become unworkable because a part is stuck: The wrinkled paper jammed the copying machine.
b. To cause (moving parts, for example) to lock into an unworkable position: jammed the typewriter keys.
4.
a. To pack (items, for example) to excess; cram: jammed my clothes into the suitcase.
b. To fill (a container or space) to overflowing: I jammed the suitcase with clothes. Fans jammed the hallway after the concert.
5. To block, congest, or clog: a drain that was jammed by debris.
6. To crush or bruise: jam a finger.
7. Electronics To interfere with or prevent the clear reception of (broadcast signals) by electronic means.
8. Baseball To throw an inside pitch to (a batter), especially to prevent the batter from hitting the ball with the thicker part of the bat.
v.intr.
1. To become wedged or stuck: The coin jammed in the slot.
2. To become locked or stuck in an unworkable position: The computer keyboard jammed.
3. To force one's way into or through a limited space: We all jammed into the elevator.
4. Music To participate in a jam session.
5. Basketball To make a dunk shot.
n.
1. The act of jamming or the condition of being jammed.
2. A crush or congestion of people or things in a limited space: a traffic jam.
3. A trying situation. See Synonyms at predicament.
4. See jam session.
[Origin unknown.]
jam′ma·ble adj.
jam′mer n.
jam 2
(jăm)n.
A preserve made from whole fruit boiled to a pulp with sugar.
[Possibly from jam.]
jam′my adj.
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jam
(dʒæm)vb, jams, jamming or jammed
1. (tr) to cram or wedge into or against something: to jam paper into an incinerator.
2. (tr) to crowd or pack: cars jammed the roads.
3. to make or become stuck or locked: the switch has jammed.
4. (often foll by: on) to activate suddenly (esp in the phrase jam on the brakes)
5. (tr) to block; congest: to jam the drain with rubbish.
6. (tr) to crush, bruise, or squeeze; smash
7. (Electronics) radio to prevent the clear reception of (radio communications or radar signals) by transmitting other signals on the same frequency
8. (Jazz) (intr) slang to play in a jam session
n
9. a crowd or congestion in a confined space: a traffic jam.
10. the act of jamming or the state of being jammed
11. informal a difficult situation; predicament: to help a friend out of a jam.
12. (Jazz) See jam session
[C18: probably of imitative origin; compare champ1]
ˈjammer n
jam
(dʒæm)n
1. (Cookery) a preserve containing fruit, which has been boiled with sugar until the mixture sets
2. slang something desirable: you want jam on it.
3. jam today the principle of living for the moment
[C18: perhaps from jam1 (the act of squeezing)]
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jam1
(dʒæm)v. jammed, jam•ming,
n. v.t.
1. to press or squeeze into a confined space: to jam socks into a drawer.
2. to bruise or crush by squeezing: to jam one's hand in a door.
3. to fill tightly.
4. to push or thrust violently on or against something: Jam your foot on the brake.
5. to block up by crowding: Crowds jammed the doors.
6. to put or place in position with a violent gesture (often fol. by on): He jammed on his hat.
7. to make (something) unworkable by causing parts to become stuck, displaced, etc.: to jam a lock.
8.
v.i. a. to interfere with (radio signals or the like) by sending out other signals of approximately the same frequency.
b. (of radio signals or the like) to interfere with (other signals).
9. to become stuck, wedged, blocked, etc.: This door jams easily.
10. to press or push, often violently, as into a confined space: They jammed into the elevator.
11. (of a machine, part, etc.) to become unworkable, as through the wedging or displacement of a part.
12. to participate in a jam session.
n. 13. the act of jamming or the state of being jammed.
14. a mass of objects, vehicles, etc., crammed together in such a way as to severely impede movement: a traffic jam.
15. Informal. a difficult or embarrassing situation; predicament; fix: Their lying got them into a jam.
jam2
(dʒæm)n.
a preserve of slightly crushed fruit boiled with sugar.
[1720–30; perhaps identical with jam1]
jam′like`, jam′my, adj.
Jam.
Jamaica.
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Jam
a crush or squeeze; a mass of things or persons tightly crowded.Examples: jam of carriages, 1858; of humankind, 1807; of people, 1860; of tarts—Lipton, 1970; of trees, 1838; traffic jam.
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marmalade
– jam – jelly1. 'marmalade'
Marmalade is a sweet food made from oranges, lemons, limes, or grapefruit. In Britain, people spread it on bread or toast and eat it as part of their breakfast.
I love toast with orange marmalade.
2. 'jam' and 'jelly'
In English marmalade refers only to a food made from oranges, lemons, limes, or grapefruit. Don't use it to refer to a similar food made from other fruits, for example blackberries, strawberries, or apricots. A food like this is called jam in British English, and jam or jelly in American English.
I bought a jar of raspberry jam.
She made us jelly sandwiches.
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jam
Past participle: jammed
Gerund: jamming
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jam
jelly
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| Noun | 1. |  jam - preserve of crushed fruit strawberry jam, strawberry preserves - made with strawberries |
| 2. |  jam - informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties" dog's breakfast, dog's dinner - a poor job; a mess; "they made a real dog's breakfast of that job" | |
| 3. | jam - a dense crowd of people crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" snarl-up, traffic jam - a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move | |
| 4. | jam - deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems ECM, electronic countermeasures - electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum barrage jamming - electronic jamming over a wide range of frequencies simultaneously selective jamming, spot jamming - electronic jamming of a specific channel or frequency | |
| Verb | 1. |  jam - press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" |
| 2. | jam - push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor" | |
| 3. | jam - crush or bruise; "jam a toe" | |
| 4. |  jam - interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up - make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" barrage jam - jam an entire frequency spectrum; "During the Cold War, the Soviets routinely barrage jammed to interfere with transmissions from the West" point jam - jam a narrow band of frequencies; "We can counter point-jamming effectively" spot jam - jam a single frequency; "This operator is spot-jammed" blanket jam - jam a broad spectrum of frequencies to affect all communications in the area except for directional antenna communications | |
| 5. | jam - get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed" malfunction, misfunction - fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" | |
| 6. |  jam - crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"stuff - cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets" cram - put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase" | |
| 7. |  jam - block passage through; "obstruct the path"barricade - prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded" asphyxiate, suffocate, stifle, choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" tie up - restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred" barricade, block, block up, blockade, block off, bar, stop - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" |
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jam
1jam
2noun
1. tailback, queue, hold-up, bottleneck, snarl-up, line, chain, congestion, obstruction, stoppage, gridlock a nine-mile traffic jam
verb
1. pack, force, press, stuff, squeeze, compact, ram, wedge, cram, compress He jammed his hands into his pockets.
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jam
verbnoun
1. A cessation of normal activity, caused by an accident or strike, for example:
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Translations
ضَغْط ، عَرْقَلَه، إزْدِحام السَّيْرمُرَبَّىمُرَبّى الفاكِهَهمربىوَرْطَه
džemzácpazadřít sezatarasitmarmeláda
=-marmeladeblokereforstyrrefyldei knibe
ruuhkatukosdonkkaushillojamit
pekmezdžem
dzsemgyümölcsízízlekvár
festaöngòveiti, troîningur, stíflasultatroîatroîfylla, òjappa
ジャム
잼짬
drūzmaiegrūstieķīlētiesiespiestiesprūst
pchaťpekná kašas džemomvopchať
blokiratimarmeladazatakniti se
sylttrubbeljamknipa
แยม
mứt
jam
1 [dʒæm] (Brit)A. N
C. CPD jam jar N (Brit) → tarro m de mermelada, pote m de mermelada
jam pot N (Brit) = jam jar jam roll N (Brit) → brazo m de gitano con mermelada
jam tart N → tarta f de mermelada
jam pot N (Brit) = jam jar jam roll N (Brit) → brazo m de gitano con mermelada
jam tart N → tarta f de mermelada
jam
2 [dʒæm]A. N
1. [of people] → aglomeración f
you never saw such a jam! → ¡había que ver cómo se agolpaba la gente!
there was a jam in the doorway → había una aglomeración de gente en la puerta, se había agolpado la gente en la puerta
you never saw such a jam! → ¡había que ver cómo se agolpaba la gente!
there was a jam in the doorway → había una aglomeración de gente en la puerta, se había agolpado la gente en la puerta
2. (= traffic jam) → embotellamiento m, atasco m
a 5km jam of cars → una caravana or un atasco de coches de 5km
there are always jams here → aquí siempre se atasca el tráfico, aquí siempre hay atascos
a 5km jam of cars → una caravana or un atasco de coches de 5km
there are always jams here → aquí siempre se atasca el tráfico, aquí siempre hay atascos
4. (fig) (= difficulty) → apuro m, aprieto m
to be in a jam → estar en un aprieto, estar en apuros
to get into a jam → meterse en un aprieto, meterse en apuros
to get sb out of a jam → sacar a algn del apuro
to be in a jam → estar en un aprieto, estar en apuros
to get into a jam → meterse en un aprieto, meterse en apuros
to get sb out of a jam → sacar a algn del apuro
B. VT
1. (= block) [+ mechanism, drawer, pipe] → atascar; [+ wheel] → trabar; [+ exit, road] → cerrar, obstruir
it's got jammed → se ha atascado, no se puede mover/quitar/retirar
it's got jammed → se ha atascado, no se puede mover/quitar/retirar
2. (= cram) [+ passage, exit] → atestar, abarrotar; [+ container] → atestar, llenar
people jammed the exits → la gente se agolpaba en las salidas
I jammed my finger in the door → me pillé el dedo con la puerta
to jam sth into a box → meter algo a la fuerza en una caja
we were all jammed together → estábamos todos apiñados
the room was jammed with people → el cuarto estaba atestado de gente
streets jammed with cars → calles atascadas por el tráfico
people jammed the exits → la gente se agolpaba en las salidas
I jammed my finger in the door → me pillé el dedo con la puerta
to jam sth into a box → meter algo a la fuerza en una caja
we were all jammed together → estábamos todos apiñados
the room was jammed with people → el cuarto estaba atestado de gente
streets jammed with cars → calles atascadas por el tráfico
3. (Telec, Rad) → interferir
C. VI
1. [mechanism, drawer, pipe] → atascarse, atorarse (LAm); [nut, part, wheel] → atascarse, atrancarse; [gun] → encasquillarse
this part has jammed → esta pieza se ha atascado, no se puede mover esta pieza
the drawer had jammed (shut/open) → el cajón no se podía abrir/cerrar
this part has jammed → esta pieza se ha atascado, no se puede mover esta pieza
the drawer had jammed (shut/open) → el cajón no se podía abrir/cerrar
2. (Mus) → improvisar
D. CPD jam session N → jam session f (actuación improvisada de jazz, rock)
jam in VT + ADV if we can jam two more books in → si podemos introducir a la fuerza dos libros más
there were 15 people jammed in one room → había 15 personas apretadas unas contra otras en un cuarto
there were 15 people jammed in one room → había 15 personas apretadas unas contra otras en un cuarto
jam on VT + ADV
2. he jammed his hat on his head → se encasquetó el sombrero
with his hat jammed on his head → con el sombrero encasquetado en la cabeza
with his hat jammed on his head → con el sombrero encasquetado en la cabeza
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jam
[ˈdʒæm] n
[shoppers] → cohue f
(also traffic jam) → bouchon m, embouteillage m
vt
(= thrust, pack) to jam sth into sth (= thrust) → enfoncer qch dans qch
Pete jammed his hands into his pockets → Pete a enfoncé ses mains dans ses poches. (= pack) → entasser qch dans qch
to jam sth on sth → enfoncer qch sur qch
He jammed his hat on his head → Il a enfoncé son chapeau sur sa tête.
Pete jammed his hands into his pockets → Pete a enfoncé ses mains dans ses poches. (= pack) → entasser qch dans qch
to jam sth on sth → enfoncer qch sur qch
He jammed his hat on his head → Il a enfoncé son chapeau sur sa tête.
(RADIO) [+ wavelength] → brouiller
vi
[mechanism, sliding part] → se coincer, se bloquer
[gun] → s'enrayer
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jam
:jam-full
adj container → vollgestopft, gepfropft voll; room, bus → überfüllt, knallvoll (inf), → proppenvoll (inf); jam of people → vollgestopft mit Leuten
jam jar
n (Brit) → Marmeladenglas nt
jam
:jam nut
n (Tech) → Gegenmutter f
jam-packed
jam pot
n → Marmeladentöpfchen nt
jam puff
n → Blätterteigteilchen nt → mit Marmelade
jam roll
n → Biskuitrolle f
jam session
n → Jamsession f
jam tart
n → Marmeladenkuchen m, → Marmeladentörtchen nt
jam
1n (Brit) → Marmelade f, → Konfitüre f; you want jam on it too, do you? (Brit inf) → du kriegst wohl nie genug or den Hals voll? (inf); the company has promised (us) jam tomorrow → die Firma hat uns auf die Zukunft vertröstet
jam
2n
vt
(= make stick) window, drawer etc → verklemmen, verkanten; gun, brakes etc → blockieren; (= wedge) (to stop rattling etc) → festklemmen; (between two things) → einklemmen; to jam a door open/shut → eine Tür festklemmen(, so dass sie auf/zu bleibt); be careful not to jam the lock → pass auf, dass sich das Schloss nicht verklemmt; they had him jammed up against the wall → sie hatten ihn gegen die Wand gedrängt; it’s jammed → es klemmt; he got his finger jammed or he jammed his finger in the door → er hat sich (dat) → den Finger in der Tür eingeklemmt
(= cram, squeeze) (→ in +acc) things → stopfen, hineinzwängen, quetschen; people → quetschen, pferchen; to be jammed together (things) → zusammengezwängt sein; (people) → zusammengedrängt sein; (in train etc also) → zusammengepfercht sein; why jam all the facts into one article? → warum zwängen or quetschen (inf) → Sie alle Fakten in einen Artikel?
(= crowd, block) street, town etc → verstopfen, blockieren; phone lines → blockieren; spectators jammed the stadium → das Stadion war mit Zuschauern vollgestopft; a street jammed with cars → eine verstopfte Straße; the drain was jammed with rubbish → der Abfluss war durch Abfall verstopft; the passage was jammed with people → Menschen verstopften or versperrten den Durchgang; the switchboard has been jammed all day → sämtliche Leitungen der Telefonzentrale waren den ganzen Tag blockiert
(= move suddenly) to jam one’s foot on the brake → eine Vollbremsung machen, auf die Bremse steigen (inf) → or latschen (inf); he jammed his hands into his pockets → er steckte die Hände fest in die Taschen ? also jam on
(Rad) station, broadcast → stören
vi
the crowd jammed into the bus → die Menschenmenge zwängte sich in den Bus
(= become stuck) (brake) → sich verklemmen; (gun) → Ladehemmung haben; (door, window etc) → klemmen; the key jammed in the lock → der Schlüssel blieb im Schloss stecken
(Mus) → eine Jamsession machen
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jam
1 [dʒæm]1. n (food) → marmellata, confettura
strawberry jam → marmellata di fragole
you want jam on it! (fig) (fam) → vuoi troppo!, sei incontentabile!
that's money for jam! (fig) (fam) → ti (or lo ) pagano per far niente!
strawberry jam → marmellata di fragole
you want jam on it! (fig) (fam) → vuoi troppo!, sei incontentabile!
that's money for jam! (fig) (fam) → ti (or lo ) pagano per far niente!
2. adj (tart) → alla marmellata; (sandwich) → con la marmellata
jam
2 [dʒæm]1. vt
a. (block, mechanism, drawer) → bloccare; (machine) → far inceppare; (subj, people, cars, passage, exit) → bloccare, ingombrare, ostruire (Radio) (station, broadcast) → disturbare con interferenze
to jam a door open (or shut) → bloccare una porta
streets jammed with people → strade molto affollate
streets jammed with cars → strade congestionate
the telephone lines are jammed → le linee sono sovraccariche
to jam one's brakes on → frenare bruscamente
to jam a door open (or shut) → bloccare una porta
streets jammed with people → strade molto affollate
streets jammed with cars → strade congestionate
the telephone lines are jammed → le linee sono sovraccariche
to jam one's brakes on → frenare bruscamente
b. (cram) to jam sth into sth (drawer, suitcase) → ficcare or infilare qc a forza dentro qc; (room, vehicle) → far entrare qc dentro qc
he jammed his hat on his head → si è ficcato il cappello in testa
I jammed my finger in the door → mi sono schiacciato il dito nella porta
he jammed his hat on his head → si è ficcato il cappello in testa
I jammed my finger in the door → mi sono schiacciato il dito nella porta
2. vi
a. (get stuck, mechanism, sliding part) → bloccarsi, incepparsi; (gun) → incepparsi
b. (press tightly, people) to jam into → affollare
c. (Mus) (fam) → improvvisare
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jam1
(dʒӕm) noun a thick sticky substance made of fruit etc preserved by being boiled with sugar. raspberry jam; (also adjective) a jam sandwich.
jammy adjective covered with jam. jammy fingers.
jam2
(dʒӕm) – past tense, past participle jammed – verb1. to crowd full. The gateway was jammed with angry people.
2. to squeeze, press or wedge tightly or firmly. He jammed his foot in the doorway.
3. to stick and (cause to) be unable to move. The door / steering-wheel has jammed.
4. (of a radio station) to cause interference with (another radio station's broadcast) by sending out signals on a similar wavelength.
noun1. a crowding together of vehicles, people etc so that movement is difficult or impossible. traffic-jams.
2. a difficult situation. I'm in a bit of a jam – I haven't got enough money to pay for this meal.
jam on to put (brakes etc) on with force and haste. When the dog ran in front of his car he jammed on his brakes and skidded.
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jam
→ مُرَبَّى džem syltetøj Marmelade μαρμελάδα confitura, mermelada ruuhka confiture pekmez marmellata ジャム 잼 jam trengsel dżem geleia джем sylt แยม reçel mứt 果酱Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009