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jam

2  [jam]
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–noun
1. a preserve of whole fruit, slightly crushed, boiled with sugar: strawberry jam.
—Idiom
2. put on jam, Australian Slang. to adopt a self-important manner or use affected speech.
Origin:
1720–30; perh. special use of jam 1

Related forms:
jamlike, jammy, adjective
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Slang Dictionary
jam

  1. n.
    a problem; trouble. : I hear you're in a bad jam.
  2. in.
    [for musicians] to play together, improvising. : They jammed until the neighbors complained.
  3. tv. & in.
    to force a basketball into the basket; to slam dunka basketball. : He tried to jam it, but blew it.
  4. n.
    an act of forcing a basketball into the basket; a slam dunk. : The jam didn't work, and Fred's team rebounded the ball.
  5. in.
    to depart. : It's time to jam. Let's go.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

jam  (n.)
"fruit preserve," 1730s, probably a special use of jam (v.) with a sense of "crush fruit into a preserve."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

jam (jām)
v. jammed, jam·ming, jams

  1. To block, congest, or clog.

  2. 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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