jelly

UK /ˈd͡ʒɛl.i/ US /ˈd͡ʒɛl.i/
noun 6verb 3adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

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.

Rincewind relaxed slightly, which was to say that he still made a violin string look like a bowl of jelly.

2

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.

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

Clipping of jelly coconut.

4

A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.

5

Any substance or object having the consistency of the dessert or preserve.

calf's-foot jelly

Sam floored him perpetually, and beat his face to a jelly, without getting a scratch.

verb

1

To make into jelly.

2

To preserve in jelly.

3

To wiggle like jelly.

adj

1

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! :-)

"I think other people make rude comments because they're jelly [jealous] bro," Schroer said. "We're just showing our love to other people."

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