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

• windjammer

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Afrikaans

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

Inflection

Inflection of jammer
uninflected	jammer
inflected	jammere
comparative	jammerder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		jammer	jammerder	het jammerst het jammerste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	jammere	jammerdere	jammerste
	n. sing.	jammer	jammerder	jammerste
	plural	jammere	jammerdere	jammerste
definite		jammere	jammerdere	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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French

Verb

jammer

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of jammer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		jammer			avoir + past participle
gerund		en jammant			en ayant + past participle
present participle		jammant /dʒa.mɑ̃/
past participle		jammé /dʒa.me/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
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 historic1	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 anterior1	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	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	jamme /dʒam/	jammes /dʒam/	jamme /dʒam/	jammions /dʒa.mjɔ̃/	jammiez /dʒa.mje/	jamment /dʒam/
	imperfect1	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
	pluperfect1	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
present		—	jamme /dʒam/	—	jammons /dʒa.mɔ̃/	jammez /dʒa.me/	—
past		—	present imperative of avoir + past participle2	—	present imperative of avoir + past participle2	present imperative of avoir + past participle2	—
1 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).
2 Trudie Maria Booth (2005), French Verbs and Idioms, p. 88.

Synonyms

• bœuffer

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German

Verb

jammer

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