Engels > Nederlands |
jam |
1. confituur, jam |
Engels > Engels |
jam |
1. n. A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts. |
2. n. A difficult situation. |
3. n. Blockage, congestion. |
A traffic jam caused us to miss the game's first period. |
a jam of logs in a river |
4. n. (popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal. |
5. n. (by extension, informal) A song; a track. |
6. n. (by extension) An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects. |
We came up with some new ideas at the game jam. |
7. n. (baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team. |
He's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat. |
8. n. (basketball) A forceful dunk. |
9. n. (roller derby) A play during which points can be scored. |
Toughie scored four points in that jam. |
10. n. (climbing) Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space. |
I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack. |
11. n. (slang) luck. |
He's got more jam than Waitrose. |
12. n. (slang) sexual relations or the contemplation of them. |
13. v. To get something stuck in a confined space. |
My foot got jammed in a gap between the rocks. |
Her poor little baby toe got jammed in the door. |
I jammed the top knuckle of my ring finger. |
14. v. To brusquely force something into a space; cram, squeeze. |
They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole. |
The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters. |
15. v. To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up". |
A single accident can jam the roads for hours. |
16. v. To block or confuse a broadcast signal. |
17. v. (baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands. |
Jones was jammed by the pitch. |
18. v. (music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session). |
19. v. To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip. |
When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe. |
20. v. (roller derby) To attempt to score points. |
Toughie jammed four times in the second period. |
21. v. (nautical) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback. |
22. v. (Canadian, informal) To give up on a date or some joint endeavour; stand up, chicken out, jam out. |
23. n. (dated) A kind of frock for children. |
24. n. (mining) alternative form of jamb |
Nederlands > Engels |
jam |
1. n-m. (chiefly Netherlands) jam (congealed sweet mixture of conserved fruits) |