Jelly

Definition: Jelly

Jelly

Noun

1. A preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit.

2. An edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods.

3. A substance having the consistency of semi-solid foods.

Verb

1. Make into jelly; "jellify a liquid".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "jelly" was first used: 1381. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Food & Agriculture

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Jelly

Punishment

Strike; deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite; slap, slap the face; smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet; thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor; lace, lace one's jacket; dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue; beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly; give a black eye.

Semiliquidity

Jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten; carlock, fish glue; ichthyocol, ichthycolla; isinglass; mucus, phlegm, goo; pituite, lava; glair, starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein; treacle; gum, size, glue (tenacity); wax, beeswax.

Crosswords: Jelly

Don't kid yourself, Jelly, it doesn't get more personal (Analyze This; writing credit: Kenneth Lonergan; Peter Tolan)

They'll shave your liver, squeeze the jelly from your eyes (Shrek; writing credit: Ted Elliott)

So you remember how many jelly beans you saw (Monk; writing credit: Andy Breckman; David Breckman)

Would you like a jelly baby (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

All I need is a watermelon and two jelly donuts (Porky's; writing credit: Bob Clark)

It shakes all over like a jelly fish (Crazy Little Thing Called Love; performing artist: Queen; writing credit: Freddie Mercury)

Jerry's berry jelly really rankled his broiling belly. (references; author: unknown)

Jelly Bean Jungle (1995)

Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway (1992)

The Jelly Donut Saga (1988)

Jam Up and Jelly Tight (performing artist: Tommy Roe)

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References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Petroleum Jelly and Mineral Waxes in Africa (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Petroleum Jelly and Mineral Waxes Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2003 World Forecasts of Petroleum Jelly and Mineral Waxes Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Jelly Packet Desserts (reference)

• The World Market for Petroleum Jelly and Mineral Waxes: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Believing it All : What My Children Taught Me About Trout Fishing, Jelly Toast and Life (reference)

• Dead Man Blues: Jelly Roll Morton Way Out West (reference)

• Jelly Belly (reference)

• Peanut Butter and Jelly Management: Tales from Parenthood Lessons for Managers (reference)

• Sugar Pie and Jelly Roll: Sweets From A Southern Kitchen (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Salute to Jelly Roll Morton (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Mr Jelly Lord (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Hawking Technology PN407C 7ft 10/100BT Cable ( Mixed Jelly Colors, 5-Pack) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• D'Artagnan's Sauteed Foie Gras with Wine Jelly Sauce by Frank Ottomanelli (reference)

• All-Clad Jelly Roll Pan (reference)

• Calphalon Commercial Bakeware Jelly Roll Pan (reference)

• La Forme Jelly Roll Pan with Cookie Cutter Ring and Reusable Parchment (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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(4) color slides show a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, the top slice of bread is turned clockwise so as to see the peanut butter and jelly filling. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

Homemade jelly displayed at roadside stand near Northampton, Massachusetts. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farmer woman with homemade jelly near Northampton, Massachusetts. Credit: Library of Congress.

Putting up jelly at Irwinville Farms, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Pasting labels on strawberry jelly to be sold at Tri-County Farmers Co-op Market at Du Bois, Pennsylvania on the Reitz's farm, near Falls Creek, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress.

Honey Brook, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Dutch stove used for boiling down meat and bone scraps for soup jelly. Amish FSA (Farm Security Administration) client's home. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

DO NOT use petroleum jelly, a hot match, nail polish, or other products. (references)

For vaginal discomfort, use a water-based lubricant, but not petroleum jelly. (references)

If your child has dry lips, petroleum jelly or a lip pomade can prevent cracking. (references)

Business

Sales in this fringe category have rocketed by almost 30 percent between 1996 and 1998. These products -- which include royal jelly and glucosamine sulfate -- have benefited from fashion trends, such as increased consumer demand for so-called natural supplements. (references)

Economic History

India

Polyethylene compounds are used for sheathing, steel tapes for armoring and petroleum jelly for filling. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "jelly": apple jelly ♦ beat smb. into a jelly ♦ beat smb. to a jelly ♦ beat to a jelly ♦ calf's foot jelly ♦ candied fruit jelly ♦ comb jelly ♦ crabapple jelly ♦ glycerin jelly ♦ grape jelly ♦ Jelly bag ♦ jelly bean ♦ jelly doughnut ♦ jelly egg ♦ jelly fish ♦ jelly fungus ♦ Jelly mold ♦ Jelly plant ♦ Jelly powder ♦ jelly roll ♦ jelly Roll Morton ♦ like nailing jelly to a tree ♦ make into jelly ♦ mineral jelly ♦ nailing jelly ♦ petroleum jelly ♦ pound smb. to a jelly ♦ quince jelly ♦ red fruit jelly ♦ royal jelly ♦ sea jelly ♦ star jelly ♦ vegetable jelly. Additional references.

Beginning with "jelly": jelly-babies, jelly-baby, jelly-filled, jelly-fish, jelly-heap, jelly-like, jelly-livered, jelly-muslin.

Ending with "jelly": four-posta-jelly, mineral-jelly, orange-jelly, sea-jelly.

Containing "jelly": sponsored-eating-jelly-with-chopsticks-in-half-an-hour-athon.

Albanian

xhelatinë (aspic, gelatin, gelatine), pelte (jell, paste), mpikset (bind, cake, coagulate, harden, jell, jellify). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كتلة عديمة الشكل, ‏هلام (gelatine), ‏حلوي هلامية (junket), ‏جيلي, ‏شىء كالهلام في قوامه. (various references)

Bulgarian 

ставам на пелте, желе (gelatine, glaze), желирам (gelatinize, glaze, jell), правя на пелте, пелте, пача (brawn, calves-foot, headcheese, souse, trots, trotters), пихтосвам (coagulate, thicken), пихтия. (various references)

Chinese 

果子凍 , 果冻 (Jellies). (various references)

Czech

zavařenina (jam, preserve), rosol (aspic), džem (jam, preserve), želatina (gelatin, gelatine), želé (gum). (various references)

Danish

gelé (gel), gel (gel, index-matching gel, lari). (various references)

Dutch

jellie (jellied confectionery, jelly sweets), geleren (gel, gel formation, gelatinization, gelation, gelification, gelling, jellify), gelei (paste), gel (gel, index-matching gel, lari). (various references)

Esperanto

ruĝa-ribgelatenaĵo (currant jelly). (various references)

Faeroese

hvalspýggja (jelly-fish). (various references)

Farsi 

ماده لزج (Mucus), لرزانک (Jell, Jello), جسم ژلاتینی , دلمه (Clod, Gelatin). (various references)

Finnish

hyytelö (gel, gelatine). (various references)

French

gelée. (various references)

Frisian

kwab (jelly-fish). (various references)

German

gelee (aspic, Jello), gallerte (gel, gelatin(e)). (various references)

Greek 

κολλοειδές πήγμα (gel), γέλη (gel), πηκτό γλυκό, πηκτή (aspic jelly, blancmange, gel, gelatine), πήκτωμα (gel, index-matching gel), ζελέσ, ζελές, ζελατίνη (celluloid, gelatin, gelatine), ζελέ (gel), ζαχαρωτό με ζελέ. (various references)

Hebrew 

מקפא (gel, gruel, magma, porridge), קריש (aspic, curd, gel, jam), גליד (ice), ג'לי, רבה (conserve, jam, preserve). (various references)

Hungarian

zselé (gel), kocsonya (aspic). (various references)

Indonesian

selai (jam), petis, agar-agar (gelatin (made of seaweed)). (various references)

Italian

gelatina (aspic, gelatin, gelatine). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

セ氏 (Celsius, Centigrade, gelatin, general contractor, general manager, general strike, Jerry, major construction contractor, seminar, zebra crossing, zebra zone, zero, Zeus), ジェット燃料 (diethylene glycol, diopter, gem, gemstone, gender, gender gap, general, general strike, generalist, generate, generation, generation gap, generator, generic, generic brand, genetic, genetic algorithms, genetic system, genocide, gentleman, geography, geology, geometric, geometry, Geotopia, gerontocracy, gerontology, Japanese External Trade Organization, jealousy, Jenkins, Jerry, jet fuel, JETRO, The End). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ゼリー (Jerry), ジェリー (Jerry), ジェリィ (Jerry). (various references)

Korean 

묵 (Jellies). (various references)

Manx

slumm millish, slumm (coagulum, jellyfish, mucus), jannoo gleihagh jeh, jannoo gleihagh, gleihagh (jellylike), gleighaghey. (various references)

Norwegian

gelè. (various references)

Pig Latin

ellyjay.(various references)

Portuguese

geleia (gel), gelatinizar-se (jellify), gelatinizar (gelatinize, jellify), gelatina (gelatine), geléia (jam, marmalade), gel (gel), drageia em gelatina, doce de geléia, congelar-se (jell, jellify, solidify), congelar (congeal, deepfreeze, freeze, frost, ice, jellify, refrigerate, regelate, solidify). (various references)

Romanian

jeleu, se face jeleu, piftie (pig's trotters), gelatinã (gelatine, isinglass), face peltea, face jeleu. (various references)

Russian 

желе (gelatine, jell). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

žele. (various references)

Spanish

gelatina (gelatin, gelatine, jello). (various references)

Swedish

gelé (jell). (various references)

Thai

สารที่มีลักษณะคล้ายวุ้น, วุ้นฝรั่ง. (various references)

Turkish

jöle olmak (jell, jellify), jöle (gel, glaze, jell), pelteleşmek (jellify), pelte (gel, jell, mush, pectin), dinamit (dynamite). (various references)

Ukrainian

желе (jell), перетворювати на желе (gelatinize, jell), драглі. (various references)

Vietnamese 

thạch đánh cho nhừ tử (jellify), thịt nấu đông (jellify), nước quả nấu đông (jellify). (various references)

gelare. (various references)

aspic. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "jelly": jellybean, jellybeans, jellyfish, jellyfishes, jellying, jellylike. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Jelly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ajely, elly, elmly, jaly, jeely, jel, jela, jele, jelh, jeli, jelie, Jelle, jelli, Jellie, jelln, jellys, jelo, jelq, jelty, jely, Jelz, jeol, Jeslyn, jetly, jeul, Jily, jle, joelle, Jolley, juell, julli. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: jell, yell.

-2 letters: ell, ley, lye.

-3 letters: el, ye.

+2 letters: jellify.

+3 letters: jellying.

+4 letters: jealously, jellybean, jellyfish, jellylike, jewellery, joyfuller, joylessly.

+5 letters: jellifying, jellybeans, joyfullest.