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verb · intransitive · rare

jemmy

jemmy · jemmies · jemmied · jemmying

To shoehorn, to cramTo shoehorn, to cram.

Meaning

1 senses

To shoehorn, to cram.
two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred

Origin

From Jemmy, diminutive of James. The verb is from the noun.

From Jemmy, diminutive of James. The verb is from the noun.

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Forms

jemmies, jemmying, jemmied, jemmied

Base form	jemmy · to jemmy
3rd person singular	jemmies
Present participle	jemmying
Past simple	jemmied
Past participle	jemmied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	jemmy
he, she, it	jemmies

Past simpleLesson

all persons

jemmied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have jemmied
he, she, it	has jemmied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will jemmy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

jellyA2 jellyfish jenny jeopardizeB2 jeopardy

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