jelly
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jelly¹
- /ˈd͡ʒɛli/ US, UK
- /ˈd͡ʒeli/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈd͡ʒɛle/ Scotland
- /-lɪ/ Scotland
- /-li/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ɛli
noun jellies · gelly
- A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set. His mother prepared jelly for him and his friends for dessert.
- A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin. Perfect jelly is of appetizing flavor; beautifully colored and translucent; tender enough to cut easily with a spoon, yet firm enough to hold its shape when turned from the glass.
- Clipping of jelly coconut
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A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
Similar: aspic
- Any substance or object having the consistency of the dessert or preserve. calf's-foot jelly
- A jellyfish. Species of the phylum Cnidaria – the classic jelly – have existed in something close to their current form for at least 565 million years; Ctenophora, the comb jellies, are not much younger.
- A pretty girl; a girlfriend. ‘Gowan goes to Oxford a lot,’ the boy said. ‘He′s got a jelly there.’
- A large backside, especially a woman's. I shake my jelly at every chance / When I whip with my hips you slip into a trance
- Alternative spelling of gelly: clipping of gelignite.
- A jelly shoe. Mary Alice gazed at a picture of herself wearing jellies and an oversized turquoise T-shirt that matched her eyes […]
- Blood.
verb jellies · jellying · jellied · gelly
- To make into jelly.
- To preserve in jelly.
- To wiggle like jelly.
jelly²
- /ˈd͡ʒɛli/ US, UK
- /ˈd͡ʒeli/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈd͡ʒɛle/ Scotland
- /-lɪ/ Scotland
- /-li/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ɛli
Where it comes from
Clipping of jealous + -y (informal adjective ending).
adjective more jelly · most jelly · gelly
- Jealous. If the guy wants to party and bang porn stars, and he's not hurting anyone who really cares? I think a lot of guys are just jelly! :-)
jelly³
- /ˈd͡ʒɛli/ US, UK
- /ˈd͡ʒeli/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈd͡ʒɛle/ Scotland
- /-lɪ/ Scotland
- /-li/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ɛli
noun gelly
- Vitrified brick refuse used as metal in building roads. Under pinning with jelly in chunam — one square.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: jellify, gelatin, jam, jello, cookie, jell-o, donut, confectionery, deep-fried, gel, gelatine, goo, ice, belly, frozen, freezing
Translations
Every language
noun sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
| Español | confitura, jalea |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ジャム jamu |
| 中文 | 果醬 /果酱 guǒjiàng |
| Português | doce, chimia, geleia |
| Français | confiture, gelée |
| Deutsch | Marmelade, Gelee |
| Italiano | marmellata, gelatina |
| Ελληνικά | μαρμελάδα marmeláda, ζελέ zelé, ζελατίνη zelatíni |
| Română | marmeladă |
| Русский | желе́ želé |
noun dessert made by boiling gelatin
| Español | jalea, jaletina, yeli |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 젤리 jelli |
| 日本語 | ゼリー zerī |
| 中文 | 果凍 /果冻 guǒdòng, 果子凍 /果子冻 guǒzidòng |
| Português | gelatina |
| Français | gelée |
| Deutsch | Gelee, Sulz, Wackelpudding, Wackelpeter, Götterspeise |
| Italiano | gelatina |
| Ελληνικά | ζελές zelés, ζελέ zelé |
| Română | jeleu |
| Русский | желе́ želé |
| Tiếng Việt | thạch, rau câu |
| العربية | هُلَام hulām |
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title = {jelly},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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