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jelly roll

jelly roll noun: a cylindrical cake containing jelly (jam).

Noun

jelly roll (plural jelly rolls)

  1. (US) A cylindrical cake containing jelly (jam).
    Synonyms:
    Swiss roll
  2. (derogatory, slang) An overweight person.
  3. (US, broadly, slang) The female genitalia, sexual intercourse, or a lover.
  4. a male hairstyle, common in the 1950s USA, a roll of greased hair longitudinally aligned front to back at the middle of the head
  5. An options position consisting of two calls and two puts, which can be seen as a combination of synthetic long and short positions with different expiries, or a combination of a put time spread and a call time spread.

Synonyms of jelly roll

Forms of jelly roll

pluraljelly rolls
alternative formjellyroll

Origin of jelly roll

From jelly + roll.

Words formed from jelly roll

Questions about jelly roll

What does jelly roll mean?
Jelly roll means a cylindrical cake containing jelly (jam).
What part of speech is jelly roll?
Jelly roll is a noun.
What is the plural of jelly roll?
The plural of jelly roll is jelly rolls.

Words near jelly roll in the dictionary

  1. jelly palms
  2. jelly plant
  3. jelly plants
  4. jelly powder
  5. jelly powders
  6. jelly roll
  7. jelly roll pan
  8. jelly roll pans
  9. jelly rolls
  10. jelly shoe
  11. jelly shoes

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