jelly
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9.3
- adjective
- /ˈdʒɛli/
- Slang
- You're gonna push him until his arms are jelly.
Examples
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She was jelly of his promotion because she had been working harder than anyone else.
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We're still jelly!
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The girls are Jelly, the girls are Jelly, the girls are Jelly, Jelly smoking.
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- Jessica will be totally jelly when she sees me with this guy.
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Jody will be so jelly.
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If a man like Andre bowed, kissed my hand, and paid me court, I would likely be jelly in his hands.
Fiction book (1994) -
They're quaking like they're jelly!
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But inside, you're jelly.
Fiction book (1995) -
But there's a quote in there where he says we're all Jelly roll now, We're all sloppy, complicated and contradictory.
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I couldn't help but feel jelly when my friend won the contest without even trying.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small transparent sea animal like a jellyfish that moves by beating eight rows of tiny hairs
A soft, oily product you put on skin and on machine parts to make them move smoothly
- Specialized
A soft clear substance used to hold and protect small samples on microscope slides
- UK
A small egg-shaped sweet made of soft jelly with a sugar coating often eaten at Easter
A cold savory jelly made from pig's feet and other pork parts that becomes firm when cooled
How Jealous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jelly meaning 'jealous' is a modern slang short form of jealous, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of someone saying 'I'm jelly' to mean 'I'm jealous' or I want what they have.