Definitions for jams

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IPA: /dʒæmz/

Jams is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in jams (ajms).

Definitions for jams

noun

1. Informal. pajamas.
2. the act of jamming or the state of being jammed.
3. a mass of objects, vehicles, etc., jammed together or otherwise unable to move except slowly:
4. Informal. a difficult or embarrassing situation; fix:
5. jam session.
6. a preserve of whole fruit, slightly crushed, boiled with sugar:

Idioms

1. put on jam, Australian Slang. to adopt a self-important manner or use affected speech.

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:
2. to bruise or crush by squeezing:
3. to fill too tightly; cram:
4. to press, push, or thrust violently, as into a confined space or against some object:
5. to fill or block up by crowding; pack or obstruct:
6. to put or place in position with a violent gesture (often followed by on):
7. to make (something) unworkable by causing parts to become stuck, blocked, caught, displaced, etc.:
8. Radio. to interfere with (radio signals or the like) by sending out other signals of approximately the same frequency. (of radio signals or the like) to interfere with (other signals).
9. to play (a piece) in a freely improvised, swinging way; jazz up:
10. Nautical. 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)

1. to become stuck, wedged, fixed, blocked, etc.:
2. to press or push, often violently, as into a confined space or against one another:
3. (of a machine, part, etc.) to become unworkable, as through the wedging or displacement of a part.
4. Jazz. to participate in a jam session.

Origin of jams

First recorded in 1965-70; by shortening

Examples for jams

It jams a website with thousands of requests, effectively overloading the server so that it is inaccessible to the public.

After a search, some one would exclaim, "Here is the piece that jams her!"

Besides the weekly rehearsals at the Elks Lodge, Azinger jams with men and women at the local retirement home.

The rock-clad town is now famous for meat products like chorizo, along with olive oil, almonds, and jams.

Jersey Turnpike (v.)—to perform a dance move in which one jams his/her rear end against a man's crotch and then bends over.

The preparation of jams and jellies is based upon that fact.

Accordingly, a knot is no knot at all if it jams or if it slips.

If I get nearer to the wall she jams me up till I am as thin as a thread-paper.

He was a delicious old fellow; as good in his way as the jams.

This is made like all other jams, only the pine apple is grated.