jams

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (1)  · 
“
I’m in the know too, and these old jim-jams are my friends.’

View all »
Definitions (55)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (18)

  1. transitive verb To drive or wedge forcibly into a tight position: jammed the cork in the bottle.
  2. transitive verb To activate or apply (a brake) suddenly. Often used with on: jammed the brakes on.
  3. transitive verb To cause (moving parts, for example) to lock into an unworkable position: jammed the typewriter keys.
15 more from this dictionary »

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (20)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (6)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (11)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • Then traffic jams, and power systems, and some dots for digital -- where it's going to lead, I have no idea. —  Paul MacCready on nature vs. humans
  • Washington Square would be the place to kill time before the studio -- jams, joints in dim alleys. —  As/Is
  • These spacey jams are a strong point of the trio that get pushed to the forefront during live performances. —  Arbiter Online
  • The other jams were between Cayuga and Dunnville and between the Dunnville dam and Port Maitland. —  Progressive Bloggers
  • No more paper-jams, no more messy fax machines, no more missed faxes because of a busy signal and your business is no longer tied down to your 9 to 5 office hours. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 21 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word a few times a month.

Recently looked up

reminiscing · boulevardier · Exploit · mib · manus

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

minty-fresh death threat · please stop sucking the monkeybread · beauregard · unicycle hockey · Ipanema