jam

Naija

Etymology

From: English jam

Pronunciation

• d͡ʒám

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Verb

1. Make someting use force touch anoder ting.

   • Who jam your moto for back?  — (NSC_2021, Who hit your car from behind?.)
   • {{ux|dv| How many people di keke jam? |(NSC_2021, How many people did the tricycle hit.

2. Make de talk or do wetin go make person and person get wahala.

   • I no sabi jam people head togeder abeg.  — (NSC_2021, Please I don't know how to turn people against each other.)
   • So, you no quick see sey she bin want jam your head wit your husband mama head make you and your husband no marry, if e no be sey God pass am?  — (NSC_2021, Didn't you quickly realize that if not for God she was trying to cause a rift between you and your mother inlaw so that the wedding will not hold?)

3. Make body touch body.

   • Oga, I no like di way your body dey jam my body for dis Molue o, shift go back small abeg.  — (NSC_2021, Sir, I don't like the way you are rubbing your body against me in this bus, please move back.)

4. Make person and person nack

   • When my body jam your own dis night, I swear you no go gree go back dis weekend.  — (NSC_2021, When we make love tonight, I am sure you wont leave this weekend.)

5. Make pesin see someting.

   • As I jam Igbo garri for market, I buy three rubber sharp sharp.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021, When I found where the garri from the Igbo area was sold, I bought three measures.)
   • As I jam my mama for di show, I pass back comot.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021, When I saw my mother at the show, I went through the back door.)
   • Na di day you go jam soldier for road and de comot like two teeth for your mouth na im you go know sey to drive one way na bad ting.  — (NSC_2021, The day you run into the army offices and loose maybe tooth or two, that's when you'll know that violating the one-way drive law can get you in trouble and get beaten.)

Synonyms

• touch, hit

Translations

• English: hit, insigate, have sex, make contact