jelly

Meaning

Noun

1. (Commonwealth, countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
3. (Caribbean, Jamaica, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of jelly coconut.
4. (countable, uncountable) A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
5. (countable, uncountable) Any substance or object having the consistency of the dessert or preserve.
6. (countable, uncountable) A jellyfish.
7. (archaic, countable, slang, uncountable) A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
8. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) A large backside, especially a woman's.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable, uncountable) Clipping of gelignite.
10. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) A jelly shoe.
11. (US, colloquial, countable, uncountable) Blood.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make into jelly.
2. (transitive) To preserve in jelly.
3. To wiggle like jelly.

Adj

Jealous.

Synonyms

jam

gel

gelatin

jellify

conserve

marmalade

gelatum

jell

preserve

aspic

syrup

cumin

chuff

curd

cum

cream

buttermilk

blancmange

lather

freezing cold

freak

frig

frock

frost

fuck

👉👌

futz

frame

congealing

gelatine

gelatinize

butter

🧈

flip

isinglass

flame

come

honey

🍯

gravy

jello

jelly roll

jism

jizz

juice

fetch

load

loot

lot

malt

goo

marmelade

glue

Translations

Gelee

gelée

gelatina

confiture

jalea

gelatina

gelatina

marmellata

Marmelade

mermelada

gelei

Gallert

jöle

gelea

geléia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɛl.i/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: gele

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gel-
Latin gelū
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin gelō
Latin -ātus
Latin -āta
Early Medieval Latin gelātabor.
Old French geleebor.
Middle English gele
English jelly
Inherited from Middle English gele, borrowed from Old French gelee, borrowed from Early Medieval Latin gelāta, from Latin gelō + -āta.
Doublet of gelee.