DEFINITION
JAM:
• (n.) A kind of frock for children.
• (n.) See Jamb.
• (v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to
squeeze; to wedge in.
• (v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a
door.
• (v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her
upper sails are laid aback.
• (n.) A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the
pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in
a river.
• (n.) An injury caused by jamming.
• (n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry
jam; currant jam; grape jam.