jam

  • 71jam — 1) To depart or leave. Its getting late, I gotta jam soon. 2) To cancel pre arranged plans close to or at the very moment the event is to occur. Other known usages of the verb include (2. jam, v) to attempt to play instruments in a band like… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 72jam — 1) To depart or leave. Its getting late, I gotta jam soon. 2) To cancel pre arranged plans close to or at the very moment the event is to occur. Other known usages of the verb include (2. jam, v) to attempt to play instruments in a band like… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 73jam up — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms jam up : present tense I/you/we/they jam up he/she/it jams up present participle jamming up past tense jammed up past participle jammed up same as jam II, 3) A crumpled sheet had jammed up the… …

    English dictionary

  • 74jam — {{#}}{{LM J44315}}{{〓}} {{[}}jam{{]}} {{■}}(ing.){{□}} ► {{{}}jam (session){{}}} {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} Sesión de música improvisada, especialmente de jazz: • Según avanzaba la velada, varios músicos fueron subiendo a tocar en la jam session.{{○}}… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 75jam —  1. v. Interfere with radio messages electronically, rendering them inaudible.  2. n. Difficulty. Awkward situation. Usu. in a jam.  3. jam on it Luxury in addition to good fortune.  4. See money for jam …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 76jam — see jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 77jam — [18] The verb jam, meaning ‘press tightly together’, first appears in the early 18th century (the earliest known unequivocal example of its transitive use is in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe 1719: ‘The ship stuck fast, jaum’d in between two… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 78jam — 1. verb 1) he jammed a finger in each ear Syn: stuff, shove, force, ram, thrust, press, push, stick, cram 2) hundreds of people jammed into the hall Syn: crowd, pack …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 79jam — [18] The verb jam, meaning ‘press tightly together’, first appears in the early 18th century (the earliest known unequivocal example of its transitive use is in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe 1719: ‘The ship stuck fast, jaum’d in between two… …

    Word origins

  • 80jam-up — noun Date: 1941 jam 1 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary