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jam English

Meaning jam meaning

What does jam mean?
Definitions in simple English

jam

Jam is a sweet spread for bread made by boiling fruit. I want blueberry jam on my toast. A jam is a hard situation. I’m in a jam right now. Can you help me out? A jam can be a blockage; congestion. I'll be late to work today because of that traffic jam.

jam

If you jam something, it means you get it stuck or blocked in a small area; congested. The stapler that I was using jammed. Can I use that one please? If you jam your finger or toe, it means it hit it against another object. If you jam, it means that you play music. If you jam a signal, it means you block it from broadcasting.

jam

preserve of crushed fruit push down forcibly The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor (= block) interfere with or prevent the reception of signals Jam the Voice of America block the signals emitted by this station (= crush) crush or bruise jam a toe (= pack) press tightly together or cram The crowd packed the auditorium (= jampack) crowd or pack to capacity the theater was jampacked get stuck and immobilized the mechanism jammed (= crush) a dense crowd of people (= fix, muddle) informal terms for a difficult situation he got into a terrible fix he made a muddle of his marriage (= jamming) deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems (= obstruct, block) block passage through obstruct the path

Synonyms jam synonyms

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Topics jam topics

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Conjugation jam conjugation

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jam · verb

Examples jam examples

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Simple sentences

The accident created a traffic jam.
There's no traffic jam.
There's a traffic jam on the motorway.
Tom likes strawberry jam.
We are in a traffic jam.
A rush-hour traffic jam delayed my arrival by two hours.
The bus was late because of the traffic jam.
I hadn't bargained on such a heavy traffic jam.
I attributed the delay in delivery to a traffic jam.
The accident caused a traffic jam.
This is homemade jam.
The net weight of this jam is 200 grams.
Strawberries are made into jam.
The traffic jam lasted one hour.
I was caught in a traffic jam.
Take the jam down from the top shelf.
We were late as a result of the traffic jam.
We got up at dawn to avoid a traffic jam.

Movie subtitles

He was in a jam.
Yeah, and if we get in a jam, you'll have to take a chance with the rest of us.
If you get in a jam, give me a ring.
I'm not trying to intrude, but I'm in sort of a jam.
I've been working steady since you got in this jam.
I know it sounds funny, but instead of shooting him, I helped him out of a jam.
Yes, sir. Why don't you jam it down her throat?
You're in a jam and all you can think of is your money.
Say, let's get away from this jam.
My taxi got in a jam.
Let's jam it.
Mrs. Glendon and I used to throw jam in each other's hair as kids. and sail off the stable roof on improvised parachutes.
Whenever mugs get into a jam the first thing they do is they start knifing each other.
Got himself in a jam. He's gonna be here about five years.
Pass me the jam.
I don't know who did it, but the chief teller's in an awful jam.
You can't reason with anyone when you're in a jam.
Dickson's in a jam.
Why don't you jam it down her throat?
I'm in a jam.
Get your hat. I can't go. the paper's in a jam! We're facing a libel suit!
You're in a jam over the Allenbury girl.
As for you, I'm going on record that that art business is going to get you in a beautiful jam.
I guess I'm in the worst jam anybody ever was.
We might get into a jam.
Would you pass me a little bread to go with my jam?
Put that away or I'll jam it down your throat.
We're in a jam. - What?
Jimmy, I couldn't sneak out until after 8 and my taxi got caught in a traffic jam.
You're in a jam, and all you can think of is your money.
I can't go. the paper's in a jam! We're facing a libel suit!
I'm in a bit of a jam with the Burns-Norvells.

News and current affairs

SYDNEY - Baru-baru ini dalam penerbangan yang saya tempuh dari Los Angeles ke Sydney selama 14.5 jam, saya berkesempatan membaca kumpulan tulisan kolumnis Charles Krauthammer yang berjudul Things that Matter.
Medvedev added that Russian electronic equipment would jam the American systems and that the Russian military was preparing additional countermeasures.
Korban fisik menimbulkan biaya ekonomi yang besar juga, mulai dari kehilangan jam kerja hingga tekanan pada sistem kesehatan.
Will Lula have sufficient command over Brazilian politics to keep his supporters and political cadres happy with promises of jam tomorrow when it is clear that there will be no bread today?
Pada tahun 2050, biaya produksi akan menurun hingga 2-4 sen per kilowat-jam.
Studi yang dilakukan Fraunhofer Institute menunjukkan bahwa selisih dalam pengeluaran modal (capex) sama pentingnya bagi biaya per kilowat-jam dengan selisih pada cahaya matahari.
Another example is a jazz jam session.