confiture « strawberry jam » [+shoppers] cohue traffic jam = bouchon to be in a jam = être dans le pétrin « I'm in a real jam, I've got an important meeting at 9 and the damned car won't start. »« He finds himself in exactly the same jam as his brother was in ten years ago. » to get sb out of a jam = « tirer qn du pétrin » encombrer, obstruer, saturer crowds jammed the streets. « The office phone lines are jammed by callers opposed to the sale. TV viewers jammed BBC switchboards to complain. »