Definizione monolingua

jelly

jelly (third-person singular simple present jellies, present participle jellying, simple past and past participle jellied)

1. To wiggle like jelly.
2. To make jelly.

jelly (countable and uncountable; plural jellies)

1. (New Zealand, Australian, UK) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set
2. A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin
   • 1945, Fannie Merritt Farmer and 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, Irma S. Rombauer and 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.

3. (zoology) Short for jellyfish.
4. (slang, now rare) A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 25:

     ‘Gowan goes to Oxford a lot,’ the boy said. ‘Hes got a jelly there.’

5. (US, slang) A large backside, especially a womans.
   • 2001, Destinys Child, “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:

     At that Sister Samantha seemed to shake her jelly so that she sank back into her chair.

6. (colloquial) Short for gelignite.
7. (colloquial) A jelly shoe.
   • 2006, David L. Marcus, What It Takes to Pull Me Through:

     Mary Alice gazed at a picture of herself wearing jellies and an oversized turquoise T-shirt that matched her eyes […]

jelly (comparative more jelly, superlative most jelly)

1. (Internet slang) jealous

Definizione dizionario jelly

	gelatina
	dessert
	sieved jam
	Dessert dolce e gelatinoso (fatto con il succo di frutta, zucchero e gelatina) che è molto gustoso per i bambini.
	A sweet, gelatinous dessert (made from fruit juice, sugar and gelatin) that is popular with children.

	marmellata
	jam
	Sostanza dolce e gelatinosa (a base di succo e zucchero) che viene normalmente spalmata sul pane e sul toast.
	A sweet, gelatinous substance (made from fruit juice, sugar and pectin) that is commonly spread on bread and toast.

	culone
	large backside

gelata

gelo

Altri significati:

(slang, now rare) A pretty girl; a girlfriend.

(New Zealand, Australian, UK) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set

(colloquial) A jelly shoe.

sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin

(US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.

(colloquial) Short for gelignite.

To wiggle like jelly.

To make jelly.

A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin

(zoology) Short for jellyfish.