Jam

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts

   “He is allergic to jam.”

2. isim A difficult situation.

   “It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand.”

3. isim A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.

   “The pitcher's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat.”

4. isim A blockage, congestion, or immobilization.

   “a jam on the 101 South, blocking the two right lanes [radio report]”

5. isim An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
6. isim A song; a track.

   “pump up the jam”

7. isim An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.

   “We came up with some new ideas at the game jam.”

8. isim That which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.

   “Teaching is my jam.”

9. isim A forceful dunk.
10. isim A play during which points can be scored.

    “Toughie scored four points in that jam.”

11. isim Any of several manoeuvres requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.

    “I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.”

12. isim The tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber.
13. isim Luck.

    “He's got more jam than Waitrose.”

14. isim Balls, bollocks, courage, machismo.

    “I don't think he has the jam.”

15. isim Sexual relations or the contemplation of them.
16. isim Something enjoyable; a delightful situation or outcome.

    “’Tis fine to be a pretty girl, or just a gay and witty girl, And obviously to be both is rightly counted jam, But even more desirable, and clearly less acquirable, Is that mysterious quality denominated glam.”

17. fiil To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.

    “My foot got jammed in a gap between the rocks.”

18. fiil To brusquely force something into a space; to cram, to squeeze.

    “They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.”

19. fiil To render something unable to move.
20. fiil To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".

    “A single accident can jam the roads for hours.”

21. fiil To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.

    “The government jams foreign propaganda broadcasts.”

22. fiil To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.

    “Jones was jammed by the pitch.”

23. fiil To dunk.
24. fiil To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
25. fiil To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.

    “When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe.”

26. fiil To attempt to score points.

    “Toughie jammed four times in the second period.”

27. fiil To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.

    “It won't do to jam her,” answered Stone ;" but it might be worth findin' out if th' Hope won't lie closer than t' other can." Half a point ----"”

28. fiil To give up on a date or some other joint endeavour; to stand up, chicken out, jam out.
29. fiil To be of high quality (especially for music).

    “I love this song! This song jams!”

30. isim A kind of frock for children.