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Määritelmät
Verbit
- To get something stuck in a confined space.
- To brusquely force something into a space; cram, squeeze.
- To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up"
- To block or confuse a broadcast signal.
- (baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
- (music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
- To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
- (roller derby) To attempt to score points.
- (nautical) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
Substantiivit
- (dated) A kind of frock for children.
- A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.
- (countable) A difficult situation.
- (countable) Blockage, congestion.
- (countable, popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
- (countable, baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
- (countable, basketball) A forceful dunk.
- (countable, roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.
- (climbing, countable) Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
- (UK) luck.
Esimerkit
- They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.
- I'm in a bit of a jam right now. Can you help me out?
- They jammed him up, and he was never able to recover.
- The enemy was jamming the radio broadcasts.
- The musicians decided on the spur of the moment to get together and jam.
- Paper jam.
- I’m in a bit of a jam right now. Can you help me out?
- Traffic jam.
- I love strawberry jam.
- Toughie jammed four times in the second period.
- When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe.
- Jones was jammed by the pitch.
- A single accident can jam the roads for hours.
- The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters.
- I’m in a jam right now. Can you help me out?
- I jammed the top knuckle of my ring finger.
- Her poor little baby toe got jammed in the door.
- My foot got jammed in a gap between the rocks.
- He's got more jam than Waitrose.
- I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.
- Toughie scored four points in that jam.
- He's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat.
- a jam of logs in a river
- A traffic jam caused us to miss the game's first period.
- But I used a little too much force.
- I helped her out of a jam, I guess
- Soon to be divorced
- She was married when we first met
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