Usually means: Obstruction causing delay or stoppage.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word jam-up:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. jam-up: Merriam-Webster
  2. jam-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. jam-up: Wiktionary
  4. jam-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. jam-up: Dictionary.com
  6. jam-up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jam-up, jam-up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (jam-up)

noun:  The situation where material becomes jammed in a machine, or some process similarly grinds to a halt.
adjective:  (US, dialect) Splendid; wonderful; upstanding.

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