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What does jelly mean?

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Noun
  1. (New Zealand, Australia, Britain) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set, known as "jello" in North America.
  2. (Canada) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin. Known as "jam" in Commonwealth English.
  3. A similar dish made with meat.
  4. Any substance or object having the consistency of jelly.
  5. (zoology) A jellyfish.
  6. (slang, now rare) A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
  7. (US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.
  8. (colloquial) Clipping of gelignite.
  9. (colloquial) A jelly shoe.
Verb
  1. To wiggle like jelly.
  2. To make jelly.
Adjective
  1. (slang) Jealous.
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