different between jammer vs mammer

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

From Middle English mameren (“to hesitate, be undecided, waver, mutter”), from Old English m?mrian, m?morian (“to think through, deliberate, plan out, design”), from Proto-Germanic *maimr?n? (“to take care, worry”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *smer- (“to fall into thought, remember, take care”). Related to Old English m?mor (“deep thought, deep sleep, unconsciousness”), Old English mimorian (“to remember”), Dutch mijmeren (“to ponder, muse”). More at remember.

Verb

mammer (third-person singular simple present mammers, present participle mammering, simple past and past participle mammered)

1. (rare) To hesitate.

   Tell me, Othello: I wonder in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny, Or stand so mammering on — Shakespeare, Othello.

2. (rare) To mumble or stammer from doubt or hesitation.

Derived terms

• mammery
• mammering

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