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jam-up

jam-up
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [jam uhp]
    • /dʒæm ʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [jam uhp]
    • /dʒæm ʌp/

Definition of jam-up word

  • noun jam-up a stoppage or slowing of motion, work, or the like, due to obstruction, overloading, malfunction, or inefficiency; jam: Your letters didn't go out yesterday because there was a jam-up in the mail room. 1

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Origin of jam-up

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45; noun use of verb phrase jam up

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Parts of speech for Jam-up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

jam-up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for jam-up

noun jam-up

  • cumbrance — a burden, obstacle, or hindrance
  • hang up — the way in which a thing hangs.
  • hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
  • impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
  • crimp — If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.

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