jammer

See also: Jammer

English

Etymology

jam +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -æmə(r)

Noun

jammer (plural jammers)

  1. Any device used to jam radio reception.
  2. A form of swimwear used by athletes.
    • 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, 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.

See also

Afrikaans

Interjection

jammer

  1. sorry

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • jammer(file)

Adjective

jammer (comparative jammerder, superlative jammerst)

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

Inflection
Inflection of jammer
uninflected jammer
inflected jammere
comparative jammerder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial jammerjammerderhet jammerst
het jammerste
indefinite m./f. sing. jammerejammerderejammerste
n. sing. jammerjammerderjammerste
plural jammerejammerderejammerste
definite jammerejammerderejammerste
partitive jammersjammerders—

See also

Verb

jammer

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

French

Verb

jammer

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

Conjugation
Conjugation of jammer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle jammant
/dʒa.mɑ̃/
past participle jammé
/dʒa.me/
infinitive
simple jammer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple jammant
/dʒa.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present jamme
/dʒam/		 jammes
/dʒam/		 jamme
/dʒam/		 jammons
/dʒa.mɔ̃/		 jammez
/dʒa.me/		 jamment
/dʒam/
imperfect jammais
/dʒa.mɛ/		 jammais
/dʒa.mɛ/		 jammait
/dʒa.mɛ/		 jammions
/dʒa.mjɔ̃/		 jammiez
/dʒa.mje/		 jammaient
/dʒa.mɛ/
past historic2 jammai
/dʒa.me/		 jammas
/dʒa.ma/		 jamma
/dʒa.ma/		 jammâmes
/dʒa.mam/		 jammâtes
/dʒa.mat/		 jammèrent
/dʒa.mɛʁ/
future jammerai
/dʒam.ʁe/		 jammeras
/dʒam.ʁa/		 jammera
/dʒam.ʁa/		 jammerons
/dʒam.ʁɔ̃/		 jammerez
/dʒam.ʁe/		 jammeront
/dʒam.ʁɔ̃/
conditional jammerais
/dʒam.ʁɛ/		 jammerais
/dʒam.ʁɛ/		 jammerait
/dʒam.ʁɛ/		 jammerions
/dʒa.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 jammeriez
/dʒa.mə.ʁje/		 jammeraient
/dʒam.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present jamme
/dʒam/		 jammes
/dʒam/		 jamme
/dʒam/		 jammions
/dʒa.mjɔ̃/		 jammiez
/dʒa.mje/		 jamment
/dʒam/
imperfect2 jammasse
/dʒa.mas/		 jammasses
/dʒa.mas/		 jammât
/dʒa.ma/		 jammassions
/dʒa.ma.sjɔ̃/		 jammassiez
/dʒa.ma.sje/		 jammassent
/dʒa.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — jamme
/dʒam/		 — jammons
/dʒa.mɔ̃/		 jammez
/dʒa.me/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms
  • bœuffer

German

Verb

jammer

  1. First-person singular present of jammern.
  2. Imperative singular of jammern.
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