windjam

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To sail. archaic
    — I tried to read George Moore last night, and was dreadfully bored. He may be a realist, but I solemnly aver he does not know reality on that tight, little, sheltered-life archipelago of his. If he could wind-jam around the Horn just one voyage he would be twice the writer.
  2. To speak in a long-winded manner; to chatter, bloviate. US,slang
    — He set a hand on the small of her back, steered her to the rear of the salon. "This'll take five minutes." You got time to windjam with Alice, you got time for me.

词形变化

windjams present,singular,third-person windjamming participle,present windjammed participle,past windjammed past wind-jam alternative

词源

From wind + jam. Possibly a back-formation from windjammer.
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