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jam
verb- to play music with others, improvising US, 1935
- We hung out on the beach all day long, jamming our heads off, while the people gathered around us like sandflies. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 87, 1946
- We have a combo going at the school and I sometimes jam in Springfield and Worcester. — Nat Hentoff, Jazz Country, p. 139, 1965
- Jamming the next day we got totally shitfaced[.] — Lester Bangs, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, p. 219, 1977
- Pat Martino, the Philadelphia musician who once jammed with the late guitar legend Wes Montgomery[.] — The Guardian, 7 November 2003
- to dance TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1986
- — Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- to excel US
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 5, Fall 1984
- to have sex US
- — Robert A. Wilson, Playboy’s Book of Forbidden Words, p. 149, 1972
- — John A. Holm, Dictionary of Bahamian English, p. 13, 1982
- — Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- to coerce, to threaten, to pressure US, 1971
- Meanwhile, the Puerto Ricans been gettin’ jammed since the forties and ain’t nobody said nothin’. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 5, 1975
- The big problem was the big “If” involved with trying to jam fifteen or twenty dudes who did a lot of jamming themselves. — Odie Hawkins, Chicago Hustle, p. 39, 1977
- Cameron, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to jam you. — Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 1986
- to leave quickly; to travel at high speeds US, 1965
- There is nothing on the road–with the exception of a few sports or racing cars–that can catch an artfully hopped-up outlaw 74 as long as there’s room to “jam it” or “screw it on.” — Hunter S. Thompson, Hell’s Angels, p. 97, 1966
- As soon as the last shot was fired, he threw himself back into the car. “C’mon man, jam it!!!” he screamed to Buddy. — Donald Goines, Inner City Hoodlum, p. 153, 1975
- Heather, I feel awful, like I’m going to throw up. Can we jam, please? — Heathers, 1988
- [H]e can keep up with me on my skates and I’m jamming through the crowds of people like a hell bat. — Francesca Lia Block, Missing Angel Juan, p. 299, 1993
- in gambling, to cheat (another player) US
- Poor Soapy got caught jammin’ some players at the Purple Tiger, which was a little card club down on the wharf, by the pier. — Stephen Cannell, King Con, pp. 3–4, 1997
- to subvert advertising matter US
- On the prowl with “adbusters” out to “jam” the meaning of those billboards with their own messages. — Naomi Klein, No Logo, 2001
- in surfing, to obstruct or block another surfer’s ride US
- — Midget Farrelly and Craig McGregor, The Surfing Life, p. 191, 1967
- to surf with speed and intensity US
- — Michael V. Anderson, The Bad, Rad, Not to Forget Way Cool Beach and Surf Discriptionary, p. 9, 1988
- to rob US
- “I remember the first time she jammed a guy. I was hiding in the closet, and after we got the money we went to another room in the hotel[.]” — Pete Earley, The Hot House, p. 191, 1992
- to reduce the price of a carnival show ticket while building a crowd for the show US
- The price was increased to $1.50 from $1, and he was sticking to the price morning, noon and night, no jamming. — A.W. Stencell, Girl Show, p. 133, 1999
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