Emergency vs Jam - What's the difference?
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A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
:Cardiac arrest is an emergency and if you find someone in cardiac arrest you should call 999 immediately.
(US, Canada, often attributive) The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
An individual brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
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(archaic) The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.
A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.
(countable) A difficult situation.
* 1975 , (Bob Dylan), (Tangled Up in Blue)
(countable) Blockage, congestion.
An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
(countable, baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
(countable, basketball) A forceful dunk.
(countable, roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.
(climbing, countable) Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
(UK) luck.
(mining)
To get something stuck in a confined space.
To brusquely force something into a space; cram, squeeze.
To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up"
To block or confuse a broadcast signal.
(baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
(music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
(roller derby) To attempt to score points.
(nautical) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
Emergency is a related term of jam.
As a noun emergency
is a situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.As a symbol jam is
the iso 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for jamaica.emergency
English
Noun
(emergencies)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Van Gaal responded by replacing Adnan Januzaj with Carrick and, in fairness, the emergency centre-half did exceedingly well given that he has not played since May.
Synonyms
* (hospital department) ER, casualty, emergDerived terms
* emergency department * emergency entrance * emergency exit * emergency room * emergency ward * emergency medical services * state of emergency * emergency response * Emergency Medical Technician * The EmergencySee also
* fire department * policejam
English
, a type of jam, spread on a piece of breadEtymology 1
Noun
- I’m in a jam right now. Can you help me out?
- She was married when we first met
- Soon to be divorced
- I helped her out of a jam , I guess
- But I used a little too much force.
- A traffic jam caused us to miss the game's first period.
- a jam of logs in a river
- He's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat.
- Toughie scored four points in that jam .
- I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.
- He's got more jam than Waitrose.
Synonyms
* (sweet mixture of fruit) conserve, (US) jelly, preserve * See alsoDerived terms
* jamjar * jammy * jam band * jam roly poly * jam sandwich * jam session * jam tart * jam tomorrow * log jam * Murrumbidgee jam * pearl jam * power jam * toe jam * traffic jam * want jam on it * climbing: ** hand jam ** finger jam ** fist jam ** foot jam ** pinkie jam ** ring jam ** thumb-down jamSee also
* jelly * marmaladeVerb
(jamm)- My foot got jammed in a gap between the rocks.
- Her poor little baby toe got jammed in the door.
- I jammed the top knuckle of my ring finger.
- They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.
- The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters.
- A single accident can jam the roads for hours.
- Jones was jammed by the pitch.
- When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe.
- Toughie jammed four times in the second period.