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noun (used with a plural verb)
1.
Informal. pajamas.
2.
brightly patterned, knee-length drawstring swim trunks.
Origin:
1965–70; by shortening
1965–70; by shortening
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Jams
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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verb (used with object)
1.
to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
2.
to bruise or crush by squeezing: She jammed her hand in the door.
3.
to fill too tightly; cram: He jammed the suitcase with clothing.
4.
to press, push, or thrust violently, as into a confined space or against some object: She jammed her foot on the brake.
5.
EXPANDto fill or block up by crowding; pack or obstruct: Crowds jammed the doors.
6.
to put or place in position with a violent gesture (often followed by on): He jammed his hat on and stalked out of the room.
7.
to make (something) unworkable by causing parts to become stuck, blocked, caught, displaced, etc.: to jam a lock.
8.
Radio.
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 play (a piece) in a freely improvised, swinging way; jazz up: to jam both standard tunes and the classics.
10.
COLLAPSENautical. to head (a sailing ship) as nearly as possible into the wind without putting it in stays or putting it wholly aback.
verb (used without object)
11.
to become stuck, wedged, fixed, blocked, etc.: This door jams easily.
12.
to press or push, often violently, as into a confined space or against one another: They jammed into the elevator.
13.
(of a machine, part, etc.) to become unworkable, as through the wedging or displacement of a part.
14.
Jazz. to participate in a jam session.
noun
15.
the act of jamming or the state of being jammed.
16.
a mass of objects, vehicles, etc., jammed together or otherwise unable to move except slowly: a log jam; a traffic jam.
17.
Informal. a difficult or embarrassing situation; fix: He got himself into a jam with his boss.
18.
noun
Idiom1.
a preserve of whole fruit, slightly crushed, boiled with sugar: strawberry jam.
2.
put on jam, Australian Slang. to adopt a self-important manner or use affected speech.
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Medical Dictionary
jam (jām)
v. jammed, jam·ming, jams
To block, congest, or clog.
To crush or bruise.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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