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jelly roll en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From jelly + roll.

Meanings

  1. (US) A cylindrical cake containing jelly (jam).
  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.

Forms

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jelly rolls Number=Plur lexicographic
jellyroll alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

jelly roll pan

Synonyms

Swiss roll