jammer

See also Jammer

English

Wikipedia

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

See also

• windjammer

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jaɪ mer/

Interjection

jammer

1. sorry

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• jammer

  (file)

Adjective

jammer (comparative jammerder, superlative jammerst)

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

Declension

Declension of jammer

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		jammer	jammerder
neuter singular	indefinite	jammer	jammerder
	definite	jammere	jammerdere	jammerste	jammerst, jammerste
common singular		jammere	jammerdere	jammerste	jammerste
plural		jammere	jammerdere	jammerste	jammerste
partitive		jammers	jammerders

See also

• helaas

Verb

jammer

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

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German

Verb

jammer

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