jam

‹æm I noun

(a thick sticky substance made of fruit etc preserved by being boiled with sugar: raspberry jam; (also adjective) a jam sandwich.) syltetøy, marmelade

- jammy

II 1. past tense, past participle - jammed; verb

1) (to crowd full: The gateway was jammed with angry people.) stappe, proppe

2) (to squeeze, press or wedge tightly or firmly: He jammed his foot in the doorway.) presse; klemme

3) (to stick and (cause to) be unable to move: The door / steering-wheel has jammed.) sitte fast

4) ((of a radio station) to cause interference with (another radio station's broadcast) by sending out signals on a similar wavelength.) forstyrre

2. noun

1) (a crowding together of vehicles, people etc so that movement is difficult or impossible: traffic-jams.) -kork, blokkering

2) (a difficult situation: I'm in a bit of a jam - I haven't got enough money to pay for this meal.) knipe

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- jam on

blokkering

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knipe

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syltetøy

I

subst. \/dʒæm\/

1) syltetøy

2) (elektronikk) blokkering, opphoping

3) klem, press, det å sitte fast

4) trengsel, kork

• traffic jam

trafikkork

5) (teknikk) stans, lås

6) (sjøfart) beknip

7) (radio) forstyrrelse

8) (slang, overført) knipe, klemme, klammeri

9) (musikk, også jam session) jam, jam session

10) fornøyelse, lett match

bit of jam hell, flaks fornøyelse

be in a jam sitte i klisteret, være i trøbbel

• she's in a jam

hun sitter i klisteret

jam of logs tømmervase

jam tomorrow gull og grønne skoger

put on jam (austr., slang) gjøre seg viktig, spille overlegen

some people get all the jam det er noen som har det

II

verb \/dʒæm\/

1) (basketball) dunke

2) klemme, trykke, presse

• six people were jammed into the car

3) fylle, blokkere

• jam a passage

blokkere en passasje

4) sette(s) ut av funksjon, (få til å) låse seg, henge seg opp

• a crumpled sheet will jam the printer

et krøllete ark får printeren til å henge seg opp

5) (sjøfart) komme i beknip

6) (radio) forstyrre, jamme

• jam a transmission

forstyrre en overføring

7) komme i klemme, bli blokkert, bli fastkilt

8) (musikk) jamme

9) (amer.) knulle

jam into presse inn i, presse ned i

jam on the brakes hive seg på bremsene, bremse hardt

jam something through (amer.) trumfe noe gjennom

• jam a bill through

trumfe gjennom et lovforslag

jam together klemme sammen

jam up (også overført) bremse opp, stoppe

III

adv. \/dʒæm\/

propp-

• the box is jam full

esken er proppfull