Jello

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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..
     [Trademark]
  
     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.
           [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  jello n. [Usenet: by analogy with {spam}] A message that is both
     excessively cross-posted and too frequently posted, as opposed to {spam}
     (which is merely too frequently posted) or {velveeta} (which is merely
     excessively cross-posted). This term is widely recognized but not
     commonly used; most people refer to both kinds of abuse or their
     combination as spam.