jelly

  1. Noun.  (New Zealand, Australia) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
  2. Noun.  A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
  3. Noun.  (zoology) Short for jellyfish.
  4. Noun.  (slang, now) A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
  5. Noun.  (US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.
  6. Noun.  (colloquial) Short for gelignite.
  7. Noun.  (colloquial) A jelly shoe.
  8. Verb.  To wiggle like jelly.
  9. Verb.  To make jelly.
  10. Adjective.  (Internet slang) jealous.

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