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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.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Jam" Quotes from Famous Books



... passes, bearing on a board beneath an incorrectly drawn Union Jack an exhortation to the true patriot to "Buy Bumper's British-Boiled Jam." ... ...
— A Modern Utopia • H. G. Wells
... for a great many uses, you know; it isn't just to eat them. Mother makes jam and wine for the whole year, besides what we eat at once. And we go for the fun too, as ...
— Diana • Susan Warner
... enjoyed a brief but rather hectic companionate-marriage with her, about twenty years ago. What sort of a jam's little Dalla ...
— Last Enemy • Henry Beam Piper
... The Zulu driftingly arrived before us; whereupon we attempted to give him his purchases—but he winked and told us wordlessly that we should (if we would be so kind) keep them for him, immediately following this suggestion by a request that we open the marmalade or jam or whatever it might be called—preserve is perhaps the best word. We complied with alacrity. Now (he said soundlessly), you may if you like offer me a little. We did. Now have some yourselves, The Zulu commanded. So we attacked the confiture with a will, spreading it on pieces or, rather, ...
— The Enormous Room • Edward Estlin Cummings
... imbriferum ver: Spicea jam campis cum messis inhorruit, et cum Frumenta in viridi stipula lactentia turgent. Cuncta tibi Cererem ...
— The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White - With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas • Henry Kirke White


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