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  • 21The Jammed — Infobox Film name = The Jammed caption = director = Dee McLachlan producer = Dee McLachlan Sally Ayre Smith writer = Dee McLachlan starring = Emma Lung Veronica Sywak Saskia Burmeister Sun Park music = Grant McLachlan cinematography = Peter Falk… …

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  • 22traf|fic-jammed — «TRAF ihk JAMD», adjective. having much traffic; crowded with vehicles: »It was hot and muggy that June evening on Detroit s traffic jammed Belle Isle Bridge (Newsweek) …

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  • 23full jammed jam-packed packed — crowded crowded adj. 1. overfilled or compacted or concentrated; filled to excess; as, a crowded program. Opposite of {uncrowded}. Note: [Narrower terms: {full, jammed, jam packed, packed}] [WordNet 1.5] 2. filled with a crowd; as, a crowded… …

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  • 24close-jammed — /kloʊs ˈdʒæmd/ (say klohs jamd) adjective (of a sailing vessel) sailing too close to the wind and thereby losing some of its driving force. Also, jammed up …

  • 25his brakes jammed — his brakes stuck, his brakes failed, he was unable to stop the vehicle due to a brake failure …

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  • 26jam — [[t]ʤæ̱m[/t]] jams, jamming, jammed 1) N MASS Jam is a thick sweet food that is made by cooking fruit with a large amount of sugar, and that is usually spread on bread. [mainly BRIT] ...home made jam. (in AM, usually use jelly) 2) VERB If you jam …

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  • 27jam */ — I UK [dʒæm] / US noun Word forms jam : singular jam plural jams 1) [countable/uncountable] a sweet sticky food made from boiled fruit and sugar that is usually spread onto bread strawberry jam a jar of jam a jam tart 2) [countable, usually… …

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  • 28jam — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ⇨ See also ↑jelly ADJECTIVE ▪ home made ▪ apricot, raspberry, strawberry, etc. … OF JAM ▪ dollop …

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  • 29jam — jam1 [ dʒæm ] noun * ▸ 1 sweet sticky food ▸ 2 line of stopped vehicles ▸ 3 blockage in machine ▸ 4 difficult situation ▸ 5 music 1. ) count or uncount a sweet sticky food made from boiled fruit and sugar, that is usually spread onto bread:… …

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  • 30Jam. — abbr. 1 Jamaica. 2 James (New Testament). * * * Jamaica. * * * abbrev Jamaica * * * jam1 «jam», verb, jammed, jam|ming, noun. –v.t. 1. to press or squeeze tightly between two surfaces: »The …

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