jammy

adj, noun — 7 senses

jammy

adj

/ˈd͡ʒæm.i/ · AU /ˈd͡ʒæːm.i/

Etymology From jam + -y.

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

UK, Colloquial, Of a person Lucky; especially undeservedly so.

  • jammy bastard
  • jammy sod
Derived terms
jammily, jamminess, jammy Arab, jammy dodger

jammy

noun

Etymology From jam + -y.

1

Slang A gun.

  • I got the jammy loaded in one hand.2025, Ghostface Killah, “Metaphysics”:
2

US, Slang A penis.

  • I felt on her big fat fanny / Pulled out the jammy and killed the punanni1992, Ice Cube, “It Was A Good Day”, in The Predator:
Derived terms
eye jammy

jammy

noun
1

Attributive form of jammies.

  • “[…]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:
1 more example
  • 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:

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