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toe jam

toe jam noun: dead skin and dirt that has accumulated between the digits of a foot.

Noun

toe jam (countable and uncountable, plural toe jams)

  1. (slang, uncountable) Dead skin and dirt that has accumulated between the digits of a foot.
  2. (derogatory, slang, vulgar) A term of abuse.
  3. (countable) A stubbed toe.
  4. (countable) A rock-climbing maneuver entailing exerting force with two opposite surfaces of the toe of a shod foot, against two different rock surfaces, for the purpose of preventing motion of that foot in a direction parallel to both of those rock surfaces.

Forms of toe jam

pluraltoe jams
alternative formtoe-jam
alternative formtoejam

Questions about toe jam

What does toe jam mean?
Toe jam means dead skin and dirt that has accumulated between the digits of a foot.
What part of speech is toe jam?
Toe jam is a noun.
What is the plural of toe jam?
The plural of toe jam is toe jams.

Words near toe jam in the dictionary

  1. toe edge
  2. toe edges
  3. toe hold
  4. toe holds
  5. toe in
  6. toe jam
  7. toe jams
  8. toe job
  9. toe jobs
  10. toe jump
  11. toe jumps

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