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The Finnish word for jam is
hillo





jam



Translations for jam and their definitions

juuttua
     1. v. (intransitive) To get stuck/caught/jammed.
     2. v. (intransitive) ~ karille = to beset, to get stuck aground.
     3. v. (intransitive) ~ omiin ajatuksiinsa = to get lost in one's own thoughts.


jammata
     1. v. (music) To jam.


jamit
     1. n. (plurale tantum)
     2. n. (music) jam session


tunkea
     1. v. To cram, squeeze.


iskeä
     1. v. to strike, hit
     2. v. to attack
     3. v. to crack down (to enforce more stringently or more thoroughly)
           Viranomaiset yrittävät iskeä pyhien aikana rattijuopumukseen.
             The authorities are trying to crack down on drunk driving during the holidays.
     4. v. to hit on, flirt (to try to get someone romantically interested in oneself)


donkkaus
     1. n. (basketball) dunking
     2. n. (basketball, coloquial) dunk shot


tukkia
     1. n. partitive singular form of tukki
     2. n. partitive plural form of tukka
     3. v. To block, bar, obstruct.
     4. v. tukkia suu: to muzzle


hillo
     1. n. jam, jelly
     2. n. (slang) money


pula
     1. n. shortage
     2. n. (economy) An economic crisis characterized by shortage of goods and/or means to buy them; a depression, slump.
     3. n. urgent situation, scrape, pinch, deep water


häiritä
     1. v. to disturb, bother, bug
           Ei saa häiritä.
             Do not disturb.
     2. v. to disrupt


tukos
     1. n. block, jam


pinne
     1. n. (rare) Any device or part that keeps something in its place through tension (as contrasted with e.g. weight or friction), such as a clamp or clip.
     2. n. (pathology) A condition in which a nerve is pressed by other body parts causing pain, cramps or other symptoms.
     3. n. A difficult situation, jam, bind. In this sense only used in inessive, elative and illative cases in set expressions.
           olla pinteessä = to be in a difficult situation
           joutua pinteeseen = to get into a difficult situation
           päästä pinteestä = to get out of a difficult situation


ruuhka
     1. n. A jam (blockage, congestion).
     2. n. A traffic jam.


jammailla
     1. v. (music) To jam.


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