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JAMS
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Classic
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Big
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Super Big
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JAMS is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.
JAMS root JAM-s
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noun
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countableuncommonuncountableA 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.
- She loves eating jam for breakfast in hotels.
- countableA difficult situation.
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countableA 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.
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countableA blockage, congestion, or immobilization.
- a jam on the 101 South, blocking the two right lanes [radio report]
- a jam of logs in a river
- commoncountableAn informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
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broadlycountableinformalA song; a track.
- pump up the jam
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broadlycountableAn informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.
- We came up with some new ideas at the game jam.
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countableslangThat which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.
- Teaching is my jam.
- countableA forceful dunk.
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countableA play during which points can be scored.
- Toughie scored four points in that jam.
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countableAny 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.
- AustraliacountableuncountableThe tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber.
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UKcountableslanguncountableLuck.
- He's got more jam than Waitrose.
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CanadacountableslanguncountableBalls, bollocks, courage, machismo.
- I don't think he has the jam.
- countableslanguncountableSexual relations or the contemplation of them.
- countableslanguncountableSomething enjoyable; a delightful situation or outcome.
- datedA kind of frock for children.
- alternativeAlternative form of jamb.
verb
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To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) 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.
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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.
- The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters.
- To render something unable to move.
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To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".
- A single accident can jam the roads for hours.
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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.
- The airstrike suffered minimal casualties because electronic-warfare aircraft were jamming the enemy air-defense radars.
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To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
- Jones was jammed by the pitch.
- To dunk.
- To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
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To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
- When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe.
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To attempt to score points.
- Toughie jammed four times in the second period.
- transitiveTo bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
- CanadainformalTo give up on a date or some other joint endeavour; to stand up, chicken out, jam out.
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colloquialTo be of high quality (especially for music).
- I love this song! This song jams!