jelly roll

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jelly roll

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From jelly + roll.

noun jelly rolls · jellyroll

US A cylindrical cake containing jelly (jam).
Similar: Swiss roll
derogatory, slang An overweight person.
US, broadly, slang The female genitalia, sexual intercourse, or a lover.
A male hairstyle, common in the 1950s USA: a roll of greased hair longitudinally aligned front to back at the middle of the head.
An options position consisting of two calls and two puts, which can be seen as a combination of synthetic long and short positions with different expiries, or a combination of a put time spread and a call time spread.
A layered style of cylindrical rechargeable battery.

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@misc{jelly_roll_2026,
  title = {jelly roll},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jelly%20roll},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}