jam
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7.7
- noun
- /dʒæm/
- Slang
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- After-hours jam session.
- a jam session
- jam band
Those are my those were my jams when I was playing them.
- Those are my those were my jams when I was playing them.
- My God, this has been my jam though.
- So there's a lot more jam oriented songs going on.
Examples
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This is my jam!
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Now we shall dance, and yes, it will be a slow jam.
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But if it's your jam, power to you and I get it.
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I feel like this one is my jam growing up.
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- This is my jam!
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That was a great jam.
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This is my jam.
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When Al Green comes on the jukebox, I say, "That's my jam," and I get up to get us more drinks.
Fiction book (2002) -
Who do you think has better jams, Wizkid or DeVito?
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This song really is my jam; I could listen to it all day.
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Idioms
Compounds
- Informal
9
3.9
A meeting of musicians who make up music and play together without planning
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1.0
A sweet spread people make from strawberries and sugar to put on bread or pastries
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Etymology
Jam as slang for a favorite song comes from musicians 'jamming' together — playing music freely and happily — so a 'jam' is a tune you enjoy moving to. That's why people say a song is their 'jam' when they really like it.