different between jammer vs gammer

English

Etymology

jam +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?æm?/
• Rhymes: -æm?(r)

Noun

jammer (plural jammers)

1. Any device used to jam radio reception.
2. A form of swimwear used by athletes.
   • 2001, Newsgroups: rec.sport.swimming, Mon, 09 Jul 2001 21:39:52 GMT, Subject: Re: Laying out in Myrtle Beach

     As for me, I wear a dragsuit to the pool, and regular trunks to the beach. In competitions, I wear speedos, but am more comfortable in "jammers", which is a half-bodysuit.

   • 2006, David West, 140.6 - One Man's Journey: The Metamorphosis from Casual Runner, page 62

     In early May, I was starting to swim in jammers which I was not accustomed to or comfortable wearing. I have always thought that wearing spandex is an earned privelege, not a birthright.

   • 2007, Janet Evans, Janet Evans' Total Swimming, page 5

     Enter jammers in the mid-1990s. Jammers have the look of biking shorts with skin-tight Lycra covering the thigh to mid-thigh or the knee, depending on the cut.

3. A musician who jams.
4. A device (e.g. a jumar) which will slide along a rope in one direction but not the other, used in rock-climbing, caving etc.
5. (roller derby) A player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players.

See also

• windjammer

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• djammer (Cape Afrikaans)

Etymology

From Dutch jammer, from Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iamer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ja.m?r/

Interjection

jammer

1. sorry

Adjective

jammer (attributive jammer, not comparable)

1. sorry, regretful

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?.m?r/
• Hyphenation: jam?mer
• Rhymes: -?m?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch i?mer.

Interjection

jammer

1. too bad, unfortunately

See also

• helaas

Adjective

jammer (comparative jammerder, superlative jammerst)

1. unfortunate, sad
2. (used predicatively) too bad, a pity

Inflection

Descendants

• Afrikaans: jammer

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

jammer

1. first-person singular present indicative of jammeren
2. imperative of jammeren

French

Verb

jammer

1. (music, notably jazz) To jam; have a jam session

Conjugation

Synonyms

• bœuffer

German

Pronunciation

Verb

jammer

1. inflection of jammern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

English

Etymology

Reduction of godmother or grandmother.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æm?/

Noun

gammer (plural gammers)

1. (obsolete) An old woman.
   • 1845, Thomas Cooper, The Purgatory of Suicides, Book the Fourth, Stanza IX:

     If thou return not, Gammer o'er her pail

     Will sing in sorrow, 'neath the brinded cow,

     And Gaffer sigh over his nut-brown ale […]

Coordinate terms

• gaffer

See also

• Gammer Gurton's Needle, a 16th-century English comedy.

Anagrams

• -gramme, gramme