Past tense of jam
regular verb
The past tense of jam is jammed. The past participle is also jammed.
Forms of jam
| Base form (V1) | jam /ˈd͡ʒæm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | jammed /dʒæmd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | jammed /dʒæmd/ |
| Present participle | jamming /ˈd͡ʒæmɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | jams /d͡ʒæmz/ |
Jammed in a sentence
- My foot got jammed in a gap between the rocks.
- Her poor little baby toe got jammed in the door.
- We finally had to 86 that old printer after it jammed one too many times.From the entry 86
- Impossibly, after the water receded, the cat was found asleep on a chair jammed in a tree.From the entry impossibly
- The printer is still jammed. Make sure that all the jammed paper is removed.From the entry jammed
Meaning of jam
- noun A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.
- noun A difficult situation.
- noun A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
Questions about the past tense of jam
- What is the past tense of jam?
- The past tense of jam is jammed.
- What is the past participle of jam?
- The past participle of jam is jammed.
- Is jam a regular or irregular verb?
- Jam is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jam (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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