jelly

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈdʒɛl.i/
• Rhymes: -ɛli
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[edit] Etymology

Old French gelée, from geler (“‘to congeal’”), from Latin gelū.

[edit] Noun

jelly (countable and uncountable; plural jellies)

1. (New Zealand, British) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set
2. (US) a sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
   • 1945, Fannie Merritt Farmer and w:Wilma Lord Perkins revisor, The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, Eighth edition - 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.
   • 1975, Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker, The Joy of Cooking 5th revision - Jelly has great clarity. Two cooking processes are involved. First, the juice alone is extracted from the fruit. Only that portion thin and clear enough to drip through a cloth is cooked with sugar until sufficiently firm to hold its shape. It is never stiff and never gummy.
3. Jam that has been sieved to remove pieces of fruit before being allowed to set.
4. (zoology) Short for jellyfish.
5. (US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.

   Check out that girl shaking her jelly!

6. (colloquial) Short for gelignite.
7. (colloquial) A jelly shoe.

   Mary Alice gazed at a picture of herself wearing jellies and an oversized turquoise T-shirt that matched her eyes... — David L Marcus - What It Takes to Pull Me Through (2006)

[edit] Quotations

• 2001 Destiny's Child: Bootylicious (song)

  I shake my jelly at every chance

  When I whip with my hips you slip into a trance

• 2001 -- George Dell: Dance Unto the Lord (page 94)[1]

  At that Sister Samantha seemed to shake her jelly so that she sank back into her chair.

[edit] Synonyms

• (dessert made by boiling gelatin): (US) jello, Jell-O

[edit] Related terms

• jelly baby
• jelly bean
• jelly bracelet
• royal jelly
• jellyfish

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to 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.