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screaming jelly babies

screaming jelly babies noun: a classroom chemistry demonstration, using potassium chlorate to rapidly oxidize the sugar in jelly babies so that they burst into flame and emit gases with a screaming sound.

Noun

screaming jelly babies pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A classroom chemistry demonstration, using potassium chlorate to rapidly oxidize the sugar in jelly babies so that they burst into flame and emit gases with a screaming sound.

Questions about screaming jelly babies

What does screaming jelly babies mean?
Screaming jelly babies means a classroom chemistry demonstration, using potassium chlorate to rapidly oxidize the sugar in jelly babies so that they burst into flame and emit gases with a screaming sound.
What part of speech is screaming jelly babies?
Screaming jelly babies is a noun.

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