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| 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 | |
