jam1 /jam/ noun A conserve of fruit boiled with sugar transitive verb- To spread with jam
- To make into jam
ORIGIN: Perh from jam2 jammˈy adjective - Covered or filled with jam
- Smeared or sticky with jam
- Like jam
- Lucky, excellent (informal)
jamˈpot noun - A jar for jam (also jamˈjar)
- A high collar, esp a clergyman's
jam sandwich noun (informal) Formerly in the UK, a police car (from the white-and-red livery) jam tomorrow Better things promised for the future that always remain in the future want jam on it (informal) To expect or want too much |