Jerry vs Jelly - What's the difference?
jerry | jelly |
A nickname for Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerrold, Gerald, Gerard, and similar male names; also used as a formal male given name.
A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn.
An old nickname for a chamber pot (also referred to as a potty) (Dated UK)
(New Zealand, Australia, British) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
(label) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
* 1945 , (Fannie Merritt Farmer) and (Wilma Lord Perkins) revisor, The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book , Eighth edition:
* 1975 , and (Marion Rombauer Becker), The Joy of Cooking , 5th revision:
A similar dish made with meat.
(zoology)
A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
* 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, p. 25:
(US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.
* 2001 , (w, Destiny's Child), “(Bootylicious)” (song)
* 2001 , George Dell, Dance Unto the Lord ,
(colloquial)
(colloquial) A jelly shoe.
* 2006 , David L. Marcus, What It Takes to Pull Me Through :
To wiggle like jelly.
To make jelly.
(slang) Jealous.
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As nouns the difference between jerry and jelly
is that jerry is while jelly is (new zealand|australia|british) a dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.As a verb jelly is
to wiggle like jelly.As an adjective jelly is
(slang) jealous.jerry
English
Etymology 1
Diminutive of Jeremy, Jerome, Gerald, Jerrold, Gerard, and related names.Proper noun
(en proper noun)Quotations
* 1970 Santha Rama Rau: The Adventuress . Harper&Row. page 157: *: - - - I, incidentally, am Jeremy Wilson, and anyone who abbreviates that to 'Jerry' does so at unspeakable peril." *: "Oh really?" Kay asked. "Why?" *: "Well, just a wartime hangover. We used to call the Germans 'Jerries'." *: "I don't know much about the German war."See also
* Geri * Gerri * GerryEtymology 2
By shortening of German . Originated during the First World War.Alternative forms
* jerry, geri, gerriUsage notes
* Used during World War II. Usage after World War II served as a reminder that the UK and Germany had been enemies.Synonyms
* Boche * Fritz * KrautDerived terms
* jerrycanjelly
English
(wikipedia jelly)Alternative forms
* gelly (obsolete)Etymology 1
(etyl) gelee, from .Noun
- Perfect jelly is of appetizing flavor; beautifully colored and translucent; tender enough to cut easily with a spoon, yet firm enough to hold its shape when turned from the glass.
- Jelly has great clarity. Two cooking processes are involved. First, the juice alone is extracted from the fruit. Only that portion thin and clear enough to drip through a cloth is cooked with sugar until sufficiently firm to hold its shape. It is never stiff and never gummy.
- calf's-foot jelly
- ‘Gowan goes to Oxford a lot,’ the boy said. ‘He?s got a jelly there.’
- I shake my jelly at every chance / When I whip with my hips you slip into a trance
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- At that Sister Samantha seemed to shake her jelly so that she sank back into her chair.
- Mary Alice gazed at a picture of herself wearing jellies and an oversized turquoise T-shirt that matched her eyes
Synonyms
* (dessert made by boiling gelatin) (US) jello, Jell-O * (fruit preserve) jam, marmaladeDerived terms
* comb jelly * jellification * jellify * jelly baby * jelly bean * jelly bracelet * jellyfish * jellylike * royal jellyVerb
Etymology 2
From jealous by shortening.Adjective
(en adjective)Exchange smiles, not saliva", The Banner (Grand Blanc High School), Volume 47, Issue 2, December 2011, page 17:
- "I think other people make rude comments because they're jelly [jealous] bro," Schroer said. "We're just showing our love to other people."
