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单词 jam
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jam

1
[ jam ]
/ dʒæm /
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verb (used with object), jammed, jam·ming.

verb (used without object), jammed, jam·ming.

noun

Origin of jam

1
1700–10; apparently imitative; cf. champ1, dam1

Words nearby jam

Jalisco, jalopy, jalor, jalouse, jalousie, jam, JAMA, jamaat, Jamaica, Jamaica ginger, Jamaican

Definition for jam (2 of 3)

jam2
[ jam ]
/ dʒæm /

noun

a preserve of whole fruit, slightly crushed, boiled with sugar: strawberry jam.

Origin of jam

2
First recorded in 1720–30; perhaps special use of jam1

OTHER WORDS FROM jam

jamlike, jammy, adjective

Definition for jam (3 of 3)

Jam.

Jamaica.
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British Dictionary definitions for jam (1 of 3)

jam1
/ (dʒæm) /

verb jams, jamming or jammed

noun

Derived forms of jam

jammer, noun

Word Origin for jam

C18: probably of imitative origin; compare champ 1

British Dictionary definitions for jam (2 of 3)

jam2
/ (dʒæm) /

noun

a preserve containing fruit, which has been boiled with sugar until the mixture sets
slang something desirableyou want jam on it
jam today the principle of living for the moment

Word Origin for jam

C18: perhaps from jam 1 (the act of squeezing)

British Dictionary definitions for jam (3 of 3)

Jam.

abbreviation for

Jamaica
Bible James
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Idioms and Phrases with jam

jam

see under get in a bind.

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Medical definitions for jam

jam
[ jăm ]

v.

To block, congest, or clog.
To crush or bruise.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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