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Definition jelly

Etymology 1

From Middle English jelyf, gelly, gelye, gelle, gelee, gele, from Old French gelee, from Old French geler (“to congeal”), from Latin gel?re.

Noun

jelly (countable and uncountable, plural jellies)

1. (New Zealand, Australia, Britain) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set, known as "jello" in North America.
2. (Canada, US) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin. Known as "jam" in Commonwealth English.
3. A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
4. Any substance or object having the consistency of jelly.
5. (zoology) A jellyfish.
6. (slang, now rare) A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
7. (US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.
8. (colloquial) Clipping of gelignite.
9. (colloquial) A jelly shoe.
10. (colloquial, US) Blood.

Verb

jelly (third-person singular simple present jellies, present participle jellying, simple past and past participle jellied)

1. To wiggle like jelly.
2. To make jelly.

Etymology 2

Clipping of jealous +‎ -y (informal adjective ending).

Adjective

jelly (comparative more jelly, superlative most jelly)

1. (slang) Jealous.

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