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jammy

/ˈd͡ʒæm.i/

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Australia/ˈd͡ʒæːm.i/

jammy adjective: resembling jam in taste, texture, etc. Also the attributive form of jammies.

Adjective

jammy (comparative jammier, superlative jammiest)

  1. Resembling jam in taste, texture, etc.
    • a jammy aroma
  2. Covered in jam.
    • a child's jammy fingers
  3. Containing jam.
    • a jammy dodger biscuit
  4. (UK, colloquial) Lucky; especially undeservedly so.
    • jammy bastard
    • jammy sod

Noun

jammy (plural jammies)

  1. (slang) A gun.
    • I got the jammy loaded in one hand.2025, Ghostface Killah, “Metaphysics”
  2. (US, slang) A penis.
    • I felt on her big fat fanny / Pulled out the jammy and killed the punanni1992, Ice Cube, “It Was A Good Day”, in The Predator

Also used as

jammy is also the attributive form of jammies.

Examples of jammy in a sentence

  • So, sweetie, need to go in, get nice clean jammies on.
  • Then she whispered, "Take off your jammies, and love me up good, Arlene.
  • After the bath, Sara had dressed Brady in his summer-weight jammies and an overnight diaper.

All 11 example sentences with jammy

Forms of jammy

Adjective
comparativejammier
superlativejammiest
alternative formjammie
Noun
pluraljammies

Origin of jammy

From jam + -y.

Words formed from jammy

Phrases with jammy

Words that rhyme with jammy

17 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about jammy

What does jammy mean?
Jammy means resembling jam in taste, texture, etc.
What part of speech is jammy?
Jammy can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce jammy?
Jammy is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒæm.i/.

Words near jammy in the dictionary

  1. jammings
  2. Jammu
  3. Jammu and Kashmir
  4. Jammu District
  5. Jammu Division
  6. jammy
  7. jammy Arab
  8. jammy Arabs
  9. jammy dodger
  10. jammy dodgers
  11. Jamnagar

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