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Etymology

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From jam +‎ -er.

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jammer (plural jammers)

  1. Any device used to jam radio reception.
  2. A kind of form-fitting swimwear used by athletes, resembling shorts.
    • 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,[sic] 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.

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Etymology

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From Dutch jammer, from Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iamer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (miserable, sorrowful).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈja.mər/
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Interjection

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jammer

  1. sorry

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jammer (attributive jammer, not comparable)

  1. sorry, regretful

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iāmer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (miserable, sorrowful).

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jammer

  1. too bad, unfortunately
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jammer (comparative jammerder, superlative jammerst)

  1. unfortunate, sad
  2. (used predicatively) too bad, a pity
Declension
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Declension 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
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  • Afrikaans: jammer
  • Negerhollands: jammer, jamer
  • Caribbean Javanese: yamer

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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jammer

  1. inflection of jammeren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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jammer

  1. (music, notably jazz) to jam; have a jam session
    Synonym: bœuffer

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German

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jammer

  1. inflection of jammern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
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