jelly
A sweet, soft food made from fruit juice and sugar that you put on bread or in sandwiches.
A sweet, clear fruit spread made from fruit juice, sugar, and a gelling agent, usually eaten on bread or in sandwiches.
A sweet, colorful dessert made from gelatin and water that becomes a soft, shaking solid when it is cold.
A sweet dessert made from flavored gelatin and water that sets into a soft, clear, wobbly solid.
A soft, thick material that is not liquid but not hard, and that moves or shakes when you touch it.
Any soft, thick, and slightly elastic substance that keeps its shape but wobbles or jiggles when moved.
To change, or make something change, so that it is no longer liquid but is soft and moves like jelly.
To become, or to make something become, a soft, thick, and slightly elastic semi-solid like jelly.
A feeling that your legs or body are very weak and shaking, usually because you are afraid or very surprised.
A state in which part of the body, especially the legs, feels extremely weak and shaky, often because of fear, shock, or tiredness.
Very informal: jealous of what another person has or can do.
Slang: feeling jealous of someone else’s possessions, qualities, or situation.
- Base: jelly
- Plural: jellies, jelly
jelly baby
1small soft person-shaped candy
A small, soft candy made from jelly and sugar, usually shaped like a tiny person, common in the UK.
- He bought a packet of jelly babies at the corner shop.
- The children fought over the last red jelly baby.
- She offered him a jelly baby from the bag.
jelly bean
1small bean-shaped jelly candy
A small candy shaped like a bean, with a soft, sweet center and a hard outside.
- The children shared a bag of jelly beans on the bus.
- She picked out all the red jelly beans because they were her favorite.
- He spilled jelly beans all over the floor.
jelly roll
1rolled cake with jelly filling
A dessert made from a thin cake that is spread with jelly or cream and then rolled up into a log.
- For dessert, she served a homemade jelly roll.
- He learned how to bake a jelly roll in his cooking class.
- The bakery had a chocolate jelly roll in the window.
jelly shoes
1soft plastic sandals or shoes
Light shoes, often sandals, made from soft, usually clear or colored plastic that looks a bit like jelly.
- She wore pink jelly shoes to the beach.
- Jelly shoes became popular again in the summer.
- The child's jelly shoes were easy to wash after playing outside.
legs like jelly
1legs feel extremely weak
Used to say that your legs feel very weak and shaking, so it is hard to stand or walk normally.
- After running up the stairs, my legs were like jelly.
- Her legs felt like jelly when she stepped onto the stage.
- He was so nervous that his legs were like jelly.
like jelly
1having a very wobbly texture
Used to describe something that shakes and moves easily when you touch it, like jelly.
- The pudding was so soft it was like jelly.
- His hands were shaking like jelly.
- The ground felt like jelly during the earthquake.
peanut butter and jelly sandwich
1sandwich with peanut butter and jelly
A sandwich made with bread, peanut butter, and jelly, very common in the United States.
- He eats a peanut butter and jelly sandwich almost every day.
- I made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the picnic.
- For a quick snack, she fixed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
turn to jelly
1to suddenly feel very weak
To suddenly feel very weak and shaky, especially in your legs, usually because you are afraid, shocked, or very tired.
- My legs turned to jelly when I looked down from the top of the building.
- His arms turned to jelly after the long workout.
- When she heard the bad news, her knees turned to jelly.
peanut butter and jelly
1sandwich with peanut butter and jelly
A sandwich or filling made with peanut butter and a sweet fruit spread, usually eaten on bread.
- She packed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch.
- She packed a peanut butter and jelly for lunch.
- As a kid, he ate peanut butter and jelly almost every day.
- Many American children grow up eating peanut butter and jelly.
- We made peanut butter and jelly for the picnic.
- We made peanut butter and jelly on whole-wheat bread.
petroleum jelly
1skin ointment from petroleum
A soft, thick substance made from petroleum that people put on dry or hurt skin to protect or soften it.
- She put petroleum jelly on her lips to stop them from drying out.
- She put petroleum jelly on her dry lips.
- Petroleum jelly is often used to protect the skin from cold weather.
- Doctors sometimes use petroleum jelly to protect the skin under a bandage.
- The doctor recommended using a thin layer of petroleum jelly on the cut.
- He rubbed a little petroleum jelly on the cut to keep it from drying out.