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Lammed vs Jammed - What's the difference?

lammed | jammed |

As verbs the difference between lammed and jammed

is that lammed is past tense of lam while jammed is past tense of jam.

As an adjective jammed is

stuck.

lammed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (lam)

    • Anagrams

    *

    lam

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lemja.

    Noun

    (-)
  • Used in the expression on the lam to mean that a person is fleeing law enforcement, possibly in hiding.

    • Verb

  • To beat or thrash

    • Derived terms

    * lambaste

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, .

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    jammed

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Stuck.
    • The window is jammed shut.
    How to treat a jammed finger or toe.
    The printer is still jammed'''. Make sure that all the '''jammed paper is removed.
    The ship was jammed between two rocks.
  • Overcrowded; congested
    • Certain routes of the city are heavily jammed .
    ''These roads are hopelessly jammed with cars and mobile homes during holidays.
    A jammed Oktoberfest beer tent.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (jam)