jammer
English
/ˈdʒæmɚ/
noun
Definitions
- Any device used to jam radio reception.
- A form of swimwear used by athletes.
- A musician who jams.
- 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.
- (roller derby) A player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players.
Etymology
Suffix from English jam.
Origin
English
jam
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antijam English
- gear English
- gearjammer English
- jam English
- jam doughnut English
- jam-pack English
- jam-packed English
- jambox English
- jamless English
- jamlike English
- jammable English
- jammy English
- jampot English
- logjam English
- unjam English
- wind English
- windjammer English
- jammata Finnish
- dzsem Hungarian
- jam Dutch, Flemish
- джем Russian
- ジャム Japanese
- dżem Polish
- cham Middle English
- džem Czech
- džem Serbo-Croatian
- џем Serbo-Croatian
- djamm Icelandic
- gem Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- แยม Thai
- jam Welsh
- 果占 Chinese
- džem Slovak
- jemu Swahili
- 잼 Korean
- ujamu Zulu
- jaam̧ Marshallese
- ijam Xhosa