(Canada, US, Britain (certain specific usages)) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin. Normally known as "jam" in Commonwealth English but see redcurrant jelly and jeely
(Caribbean, Jamaica) Clipping of jelly coconut.
(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.
(US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.
(colloquial) A jelly shoe.
(colloquial) Clipping of gelignite.
(colloquial, US) Blood.
(slang, now rare) A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
(zoology) A jellyfish.
A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
Any substance or object having the consistency of jelly.
verb
To make jelly.
To wiggle like jelly.
jilly
jilly
Proper noun
A diminutive of the female given names Jill, Jillian or Julia.