jammy

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/ˈd͡ʒæm.i/Australia/ˈd͡ʒæːm.i/

adjective

Resembling jam in taste, texture, etc.

“jammy sod”

UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

jammy1

adjectivejammy (comparative jammier, superlative jammiest)

comparative jammier · superlative jammiest · alternative jammie

  1. Resembling jam in taste, texture, etc.

    a jammy aroma

  2. Covered in jam.

    a child's jammy fingers

  3. Containing jam.

    a jammy dodger biscuit

  4. UKcolloquialLucky; especially undeservedly so.

    jammy sod

    1 more example

    jammy bastard

nounjammy (plural jammies)

plural jammies

  1. slangA gun.

    I got the jammy loaded in one hand.

    2025, Ghostface Killah, “Metaphysics”
  2. USslangA penis.

    I felt on her big fat fanny / Pulled out the jammy and killed the punanni

    1992, Ice Cube, “It Was A Good Day”, in The Predator

jammy2

noun
  1. attributiveAttributive form of jammies.

    Blue cotton jammy bottoms poked out beneath a fastidious white terry robe.

    2009, Nicole Young, chapter 12, in Kiss Me If You Dare: A Patricia Amble Mystery, Revell, page 103
    2 more examples

    “[…]I start pleading, ‘Come here.... Please put your jammy top on.... Let me finish dressing you.’ “At last, I’ve got the pajama top over his head, and he starts yelling, ‘Ouch! ouch!’

    2002, Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau, “Time-Busters: Sleep Deprivation, Separation Difficulties, and Other Problems That Steal Hours from Your Day”, in Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers, Random House, section “To Catch a Thief: Neil’s Story”, pages 243–244

    In the bedroom Elaine would have fixed the pillows and sat up, tugging open her jammy top.

    2009, Liam McIlvanney, All the Colours of the Town, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 24

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

Translations

Esperanto konfitaĵa
  • konfitaĵaresembling jam
Finnish hilloinen, onnekas
  • hilloinencovered in jam
  • onnekascolloquial: lucky
German marmeladig, marmeladenverschmiert
  • marmeladigcovered in jam
  • marmeladenverschmiertcovered in jam
  • schlitzohrigcolloquial: lucky
  • nochmal davongekommencolloquial: lucky
Polish dżemowy, pokryty dżemem
  • dżemowyresembling jam
  • pokryty dżememcovered in jam
  • fartownycolloquial: lucky
Russian фартовый, везучий
  • фартовый (fartovyj)colloquial: lucky
  • везучий (vezučij)colloquial: lucky
  • удачливый (udačlivyj)colloquial: lucky
Turkish reçelli, ballı
  • reçellicovered in jam
  • ballıcolloquial: lucky

Rhymes & wordplay

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jammy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jammy

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“jammy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jammy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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