noun
jimjam
Jimjam (noun) means a word used instead of the name of something or someone when you cannot remember or do not know it.
noun
1
A word used instead of the name of something or someone when you cannot remember or do not know it.
2
Silly talk or a long, pointless fuss.
"We can eat in the kitchen, like we used to before you got old enough to ply the lads an' do all that mall jimjam with your pals."
— P. D. Skelton, Renascence: A Story of Christianity in an Atheistic Future (2013)
"Shiver me sails an' rot me timbers, fry me barnacles, scrape me keel, an' all that nautical jimjam."
— Brian Jacques, Loamhedge: A Novel of Redwall (2004)
3
Wild, disorderly activity or a noisy commotion.
"The whole town's in a positive jimjam."
— Stephen Wright, The Amalgamation Polka (2006)
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What is the meaning of jimjam?
"jimjam" (noun) means a word used instead of the name of something or someone when you cannot remember or do not know it.
What are the different meanings of jimjam?
"jimjam" has 3 main meanings: 1. A word used instead of the name of something or someone when you cannot remember or do not know it; 2. Silly talk or a long, pointless fuss; 3. Wild, disorderly activity or a noisy commotion.
