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The Collaborative International Dictionary
jello

Jell-O \Jell"-O\, jello \jell"o\n. [a trademark.] a brand of sweetened fruit-flavored powdered mixture, packaged so that it can be conveniently dissolved in hot water and solidified into a gelatin, used as a dessert, sometimes with pieces of fruit mixed in; also the gelatin dessert thus prepared; sometimes used metaphorically; as, when he pulled a gun on me, my knees turned to Jell-O..

Note: Jell-O was originally a trademark and is still protected by trademark law, but is often used as one word, uncapitalized in informal writing.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Jello

from Jell-O, trademark for powdered gelatin food, registered 1934 by The Jell-o Company of Canada, Ltd., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Wiktionary
jello

alt. A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water n. A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water

WordNet
jello

n. fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder [syn: Jell-O]

Wikipedia
Jello (disambiguation)

Jello or Jell-O may refer to:

  • Jello Shoecompany, an Austrian shoe retailer
  • Jell-O, a brand name for gelatin desserts
  • Sphyraena jello the pickhandle barracuda
Jello (song)

"Jello" is a song by Asian-American hip hop group Far East Movement, released in the United States on the 1 November, 2011, initially as the lead single from their upcoming fourth studio album Dirty Bass. However, due to poor charting the song was later cut from the album. The song was produced by the Stereotypes and features rapper Rye Rye. The hook of the song interpolates part of Pimp C's verse of the song " Big Pimpin'" by Jay-Z.

Usage examples of "jello".

A bullet will bounce off its arachnofiber weave like a wren hitting a patio door, but excess perspiration wafts through it like a breeze through a freshly napalmed forest, Where his body has bony extremities, the suit has sintered armorgel: feels like gritty jello, protects like a stack of telephone books.

The Gaddy shook like green jello as slugs chunked into it from at least three directions.

After throwing sacks of scratch feed and laying mash around, I run the baling machine and I turn the oats in the loft and I pump water until my back is aching jello and then I go hiking out to the woodlot and chop down trees and cut them up with a chain saw.

Dark-clad, unfunky, they stand around awkwardly in the middle of the party/riot, like a handful of broken nails suspended in a colorful jello mold.