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jelly

verb

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noun

  1. clear or translucent fruit spread made from sweetened fruit juice
  2. jelly-like gravy, stock
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛli/ / /ˈd͡ʒeli/ / /ˈd͡ʒɛle/

adj

Etymology: Clipping of jealous + -y (informal adjective ending).

  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."

noun

  1. Vitrified brick refuse used as metal in building roads.

    Under pinning with jelly in chunam — one square.

verb

Etymology: 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 ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Early Medieval Latin gelāta Old French geleebor. Middle English gele English jelly Inherited from Middle English gele. Doublet of gelee.

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