jammer

jam +‎ -er

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæmɚ/
• Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)

jammer (plural jammers)

1. Any device used to jam radio reception.
2. A kind of form-fitting swimwear used by athletes, resembling shorts.
   • 2001, Newsgroups: rec.sport.swimming, Mon, 09 Jul 2001 21:39:52 GMT, Subject: Re: Laying out in Myrtle Beach

     As for me, I wear a dragsuit to the pool, and regular trunks to the beach. In competitions, I wear speedos, but am more comfortable in "jammers", which is a half-bodysuit.

   • 2006, David West, 140.6 - One Man's Journey: The Metamorphosis from Casual Runner, page 62:

     In early May, I was starting to swim in jammers which I was not accustomed to or comfortable wearing. I have always thought that wearing spandex is an earned privelege,^[sic] not a birthright.

   • 2007, Janet Evans, Janet Evans' Total Swimming, page 5:

     Enter jammers in the mid-1990s. Jammers have the look of biking shorts with skin-tight Lycra covering the thigh to mid-thigh or the knee, depending on the cut.

3. A musician who jams.
4. A device (e.g. a jumar) which will slide along a rope in one direction but not the other, used in rock-climbing, caving etc.
5. (roller derby) A player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players.

• windjammer

• djammer (Cape Afrikaans)

From Dutch jammer, from Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iamer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.mər/

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jammer

1. sorry

jammer (attributive jammer, not comparable)

1. sorry, regretful

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑ.mər/

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• Hyphenation: jam‧mer
• Rhymes: -ɑmər

From Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iāmer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”).

jammer

1. too bad, unfortunately

• helaas

jammer (comparative jammerder, superlative jammerst)

1. unfortunate, sad
2. (used predicatively) too bad, a pity

• Afrikaans: jammer
• Negerhollands: jammer, jamer
• → Caribbean Javanese: yamer

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

jammer

1. inflection of jammeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

• IPA^(key): /dʒa.me/

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jammer

1. (music, notably jazz) to jam; have a jam session

   Synonym: bœuffer

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jammer

1. inflection of jammern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative