Jam

Noun

 * 1) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.
 * 2)  A difficult situation.
 * I’m in a jam right now. Can you help me out?
 * 1) * 1975, ,
 * She was married when we first met
 * Soon to be divorced
 * I helped her out of a jam, I guess
 * But I used a little too much force.
 * 1)  Blockage, congestion.
 * A traffic jam caused us to miss the game's first period.
 * 1)   An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
 * 2)   A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
 * He's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat.
 * 1)   A forceful dunk.
 * 2)  (roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.
 * Toughie scored four points in that jam.
 * 1)  Any of several rock-climbing maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
 * I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.
 * 1)  luck.
 * He's got more jam than Waitrose.

Synonyms

 * conserve, jelly, preserve
 * See also Thesaurus:difficult situation

Related terms

 * RAQ
 * jamjar
 * jammy
 * jam band
 * jam roly poly
 * jam sandwich
 * jam session
 * jam tart
 * jam tomorrow
 * log jam
 * Murrumbidgee jam
 * pearl jam
 * tamp
 * traffic jam
 * want jam on it
 * climbing:
 * hand jam
 * finger jam
 * fist jam
 * foot jam
 * pinkie jam
 * ring jam
 * thumb-down jam
 * toe jam

Verb

 * 1) To block or confuse a broadcast signal.
 * 2)  To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
 * Jones was jammed by the pitch.
 * 1)  To play music (especially improvisation as a group.)
 * 2) To get something stuck in a confined space.
 * My foot GOT jammed in a gap between the rocks.
 * 1) To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
 * When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe.
 * 1) To squeeze into a small space.
 * The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters.
 * 1) To brusquely force something into a space; cram.
 * They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.
 * 1) Causing congestion or blockage. Often used with "up"
 * A single accident can jam the roads for hours.
 * 1) (roller derby) To attempt to score points.
 * Toughie jammed four times in the second period.

Synonyms

 * ram

Derived terms

 * jam-pack
 * jammer

Adjectives for Jam
absolute; fearful; traffic; inextricable.

Thesaurus
Great Mogul, Jell-O, Mogul, a mass of, a world of, abound with, afterthought, albumen, arch dam, army, articulate, assault, backstop, baffle, bafflement, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barricade, barrier, batten, batten down, batter, be alive with, beam, bear, bear upon, bear-trap dam, bearings, beaver dam, bed, bevy, bewilderment, bind, blancmange, blank wall, blind alley, blind gut, block, block up, blockade, blockage, bolt, bonnyclabber, boom, boost, bother, bottleneck, box, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, brim, bristle with, buck, buckle, buffer, bulkhead, bull, bulldoze, bulwark, bump, bump against, bunch, bung, bunt, bureaucratic delay, burst with, butt, butt against, butter, button, candy, case, catch, caulk, cecum, charge, chink, chock, choke, choke off, choke up, choking, choking off, circumstance, clabber, clasp, cleat, clip, clog, clog up, close, close off, close tight, close up, cloud, cluster, clutch, clutter, cofferdam, cohue, comfit, compact, complication, compote, compress, concentrate, condense, condition, confection, confectionery, confirm, confiture, confoundment, confusion, congest, congestion, conserve, consolidate, constipate, constipation, constrict, cork, corner, cornstarch, costiveness, cover, covey, cram, crawl with, cream, creep with, crowd, crunch, crush, cul-de-sac, curd, dam, dam up, dead end, debar, deep-dye, defense, define, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, deluge, densen, densify, detention, dig, dike, dilemma, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, disturbance, ditch, dog, double take, dough, dovetail, dragging, drench, drive, drown out, earthwork, egg white, elbow, embankment, embarrassing position, embarrassment, embed, embolism, embolus, engraft, engrave, enigma, entrench, establish, estate, etch, fence, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, fine how-do-you-do, fix, flight, flock, flocks, flood, footing, force, foul, found, freight, frosting, galaxy, gate, gaum, gel, gelatin, glair, glaze, glop, glue, glut, gluten, gluttonize, goad, goo, gook, goop, gorge, gravity dam, groin, ground, gruel, gumbo, gunk, hail, halt, hang-up, hasp, heap, hell to pay, hindrance, hinge, hitch, hive, hobble, holdup, hole, honey, hook, horde, host, hot water, how-do-you-do, hurtle, hustle, hydraulic-fill dam, icing, imbroglio, impact, impasse, impediment, implant, impress, imprint, infarct, infarction, infix, ingrain, inscribe, interim, iron curtain, jab, jam-pack, jell, jelly, jetty, jog, joggle, joint, jolt, jostle, lade, lag, lagging, large amount, latch, leaping weir, legion, levee, load, loblolly, location, lock, lodge, logjam, lot, lots, maharaja, many, marmalade, mass, masses of, meringue, mess, milldam, miter, mix, moat, mob, modality, mode, molasses, mole, morass, moratorium, mortise, mound, mousse, muchness, mucilage, mucus, multiply, multitude, mystery, nail, nest, nizam, nonplus, nudge, numbers, obstacle, obstipate, obstipation, obstruct, obstruction, occlude, outroar, outshout, overburden, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overflow with, overlade, overload, overpower, overstuff, overweight, overwhelm, pack, pad, pang, panoply, pap, paperasserie, parapet, parlous straits, pass, paste, pause, peg, perplexity, perturbation, pickle, pile drive, pin, pinch, place, plant, plight, plug, plug up, plurality, poke, porridge, portcullis, position, posture, pother, predicament, preserve, press, pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, print, problem, prod, pudding, pullulate with, pulp, punch, puree, push, putty, puzzle, puzzlement, quagmire, quandary, quantities, quicksand, quite a few, rabbet, rabble, radiate, raja, ram, ram down, ram in, rampart, rana, rank, rattle, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, reprieve, respite, retardance, retardation, riddle, rivet, roadblock, rob, rock-fill dam, root, rout, ruck, run, run against, satiate, saturate, scores, scrape, screw, sealing off, seat, seawall, semifluid, semiliquid, send, set, set in, settle, sew, shake, shoal, shoulder, shout down, shove, shut off, shut out, shut tight, shutter dam, situation, size, skewer, slough, slow-up, slowdown, slowness, snap, soak, solidify, soup, spate, spile, spot, squab, squash, squeeze, squeeze shut, squish, stamp, stanch, standing, staple, starch, state, station, status, stay, stay of execution, stench, stereotype, stew, stick, stick fast, sticky mess, sticky wicket, stifle, stitch, stone wall, stop, stop up, stoppage, stopper, stopple, strait, straits, strangle, strangulate, strangulation, stress, strike root, stuff, stuff up, suffocate, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit, suspension, swamp, swarm, swarm with, sweet, sweet stuff, sweetmeat, sweets, syrup, tack, take root, tamp, teem with, throng, throng with, thrust, tidy sum, tie-up, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, time lag, toggle, top off, transmit, treacle, tricky spot, tutti-frutti, unassuredness, unholy mess, upset, wad, wait, wall, wedge, weight, weir, whipped cream, wicket dam, work, worlds of, zipper

Pronunciation

 * - fruit spread
 * - verb
 * - verb

Noun

 * Afrikaans: konfyt, jam
 * Albanian: bllokim
 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, syltetøj
 * Dutch: confituur, jam
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic: sulta
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: selai
 * Irish:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 짬
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, marmeladă
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: џем, пекмез
 * Roman: džem, pekmez
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: diyam
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: mứt
 * Welsh:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: opstopping
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: μποτιλιάρισμα (botiliárisma)


 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: tagfa


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * Italian: improvvisazione
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian: pasticcio, guaio


 * Norwegian: vanskelighet/ trøbbel/ knipe ´
 * Swedish: ,


 * : 果酱 (guǒjiàng) (1)

Verb

 * Arabic: شوش
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Romanian: bruia
 * Swahili:

Verb

 * 1) I am

Noun

 * 1) jam (conserved fruits where no parts of fruits are visible anymore)

Related terms

 * konfituur

Adverb
jam


 * 1) already

Etymology
From iam:.

Noun
jam


 * 1) hour

Pronoun
jam



Noun
jam


 * 1) clock
 * 2) hour

Pronoun

 * 1) you (plural)
 * 2) your (plural)

Etymology
Cognate with West Frisian jimme

Noun
jam


 * 1) jam