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Noun
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- UK A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set
- US a sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
#*1945, w:Fannie Merritt Farmer|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, w:Irma S. Rombauer|Irma S. Rombauer and w:Marion Rombauer Becker|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.
- UK Jam that has been sieved to remove pieces of fruit before being allowed to set.
- zoology Short for jellyfish.
- (US slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.
#:Check out that girl shaking her jelly!
- colloquial Short for gelignite.
Quotations
- 2001 w:Destiny's Child|Destiny's Child: w:Bootylicious|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.
Synonyms
i-c|dessert made by boiling gelatin i|US jello, Jell-O
Related terms
jelly baby
jelly bean
royal jelly
jellyfish
Translations
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Catalan: gelatina f
Finnish: hyytelö
French: gelée f
Italian: gelatina f
Japanese: ��� (zerī)
Portuguese: gelatina
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German: Gelee n, Sulz
Macedonian: желе n
Romanian: jeleu n
Spanish: gelatina f, jalea f
Russian: желе n
Persian: ���
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trans-top|sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
Czech: želé n
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trans-top|jam
Catalan: melmelada f
Finnish: hillo
French: confiture f
Italian: marmellata f
Japanese: ã�¸ã�£ã� (jamu)
German: Marmelade f
Portuguese: geléia
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Latin: cylon
Romanian: marmelad� f
Spanish: mermelada f, confitura f
Swedish: sylt, marmelad
Russian: джем m, ма�мелад m
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trans-top|sieved jam
Finnish: marmeladi
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Italian: gelatina f
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trans-top|large backside
French: gros cul m
Italian: culone m
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Russian: жопа f
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