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jam
verb [I] (MUSIC) /dʒæm/ (-mm-)Definition
› to play jazz or rock music with other people informally without planning it or practising togetherPlaying musicSinging in general
(Definition of jam verb (MUSIC) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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