PEANUT-BUTTER-JELLY

Meaning of PEANUT-BUTTER-JELLY in English

1. Makes no complete sense; is useless. 2. Using something to accomplish nothing. Example: After getting free passes to Carowinds Theme Park, Chum decided it was peanut-butter-jelly time.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

PEANUT — mani
English-Visayan vocabulary
PEANUT — I. noun Date: 1802 a low-branching widely cultivated annual herb ( Arachis hypogaea ) of the legume family with showy …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PEANUT — or groundnut Annual legume ( Arachis hypogaea ) and its edible seeds, which have the peculiar habit of ripening underground …
Английский словарь Британика
JELLY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) jelly and jam {{link=Morton Jelly Roll">Morton Jelly Roll
Английский словарь Британика
PEANUT — I. ˈpē(ˌ)nət, usu -əd.+V noun Etymology: pea (I) + nut 1. a. : a low branching annual herb ( Arachis …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JELLY — I. ˈjelē, -li noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English gelly, gellie, from Middle French gelee frost, jelly, from feminine …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUTTER — I. ˈbəd.ə(r), ˈbətə- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English butere; akin to Old Frisian & Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEANUT — (n.) The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypogaea); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its …
Английский словарь Webster
JELLY — (v. i.) To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.
Английский словарь Webster
JELLY — (n.) The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly.
Английский словарь Webster
BUTTER — (n.) Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter …
Английский словарь Webster
PEANUT — ( n. ) The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypogaea); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
JELLY — ( v. i. ) To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BUTTER — ( n. ) Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PEANUT — /pee"nut', -neuht/ , n. 1. the pod or the enclosed edible seed of the plant, Arachis hypogaea, of the legume …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JELLY — — jellylike , adj. /jel"ee/ , n. , pl. jellies , v. , jellied, jellying , adj. n. 1. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUTTER — — butterless , adj. — butterlike , adj. /but"euhr/ , n. 1. the fatty portion of milk, separating as a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUTTER — v. spread with butter, spread butter on
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PEANUT — I. ˈpē-(ˌ)nət noun Date: 1802 1. : a low-branching widely cultivated annual herb ( Arachis hypogaea ) of the legume …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JELLY — I. ˈje-lē noun ( plural jellies ) Etymology: Middle English gelly, from Anglo-French gelee, from feminine of gelé, past participle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUTTER — I. ˈbə-tər noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English butere, from Latin butyrum, from Greek boutyron, from bous cow + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JELLY — vi to become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly. 2. jelly ·noun the juice of fruits …
Webster English vocab
BUTTER — noun one who, or that which, butts. 2. butter ·vt to cover or spread with butter. 3. butter ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
PEANUT — [pea.nut] n (1802) 1: a low-branching widely cultivated leguminous annual herb (Arachis hypogaea) with showy yellow flowers having a peduncle …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
JELLY — [jel.ly] n, pl jellies [ME gelly, fr. MF gelee, fr. fem. of gele, pp. of geler to freeze, congeal, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BUTTER — [but.ter] n [ME, fr. OE butere, fr. L butyrum, fr. Gk boutyron, fr. bous cow + tyros cheese; akin to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PEANUT — also called Groundnut, Earthnut, or Goober, the pod, or legume, of Arachis hypogaea (family Fabaceae), which has the peculiar habit …
Britannica English vocabulary
JELLY — a semitransparent confection consisting of the strained juice of various fruits or vegetables, singly or in combination, sweetened, boiled, slowly …
Britannica English vocabulary
BUTTER — a yellow-to-white solid emulsion of fat globules, water, and inorganic salts produced by churning the cream from cows' milk. Butter …
Britannica English vocabulary
PEANUT — peanut BrE AmE ˈpiː nʌt ▷ peanut|s s ▶ ˌ peanut ˈ butter ◂ AmE \ ˈ•• ˌ•• BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
JELLY — jell|y BrE AmE ˈdʒel |i ▷ jell|ied id ▷ jell|ies iz ▷ jell|ying i ɪŋ ▶ ˌ jellied ˈ eels …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BUTTER — butter BrE AmE ˈbʌt ə AmE ˈbʌt̬ ə r ▷ butter|ed d ▷ buttering ˈbʌt‿ ə r ɪŋ AmE ˈbʌt̬ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PEANUT — / ˈpiːnʌt; NAmE / noun 1. ( BrE also ground·nut ) [ C ] a nut that grows underground in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JELLY — / ˈdʒeli; NAmE / ( pl. -ies ) noun 1. [ U , C ] ( BrE ) ( NAmE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTER — / ˈbʌtə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] a soft yellow food made from cream or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JELLY — jel ‧ ly /ˈdʒeli/ BrE AmE noun ( plural jellies ) [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUTTER
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
JELLY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a soft stiffish semi-transparent preparation of boiled sugar and fruit-juice or milk …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BUTTER — n. & v. --n. 1 a a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PEANUT — n. 1 a leguminous plant, Arachis hypogaea, bearing pods that ripen underground and contain seeds used as food and yielding …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
JELLY — n. & v. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a soft stiffish semi-transparent preparation of boiled sugar and fruit-juice or milk …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUTTER — n. & v. n. 1 a a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PEANUT — n.1 a leguminous plant, Arachis hypogaea, bearing pods that ripen underground and contain seeds used as food and yielding oil. …
Oxford English vocab
JELLY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1. a a soft stiffish semi-transparent preparation of boiled sugar and fruit-juice or milk …
Oxford English vocab
BUTTER — n. & v. --n. 1. a a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a …
Oxford English vocab
PEANUT — ( peanuts) 1. Peanuts are small nuts that grow under the ground. Peanuts are often eaten as a snack, especially …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JELLY — ( jellies) 1. Jelly is a transparent, usually coloured food that is eaten as a dessert. It is made from …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTER — ( butters, buttering, buttered) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Butter is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEANUT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES peanut butter COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN butter ▪ She says that the badgers eat …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
JELLY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES jelly baby jelly bean jelly roll petroleum jelly COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE royal ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUTTER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES brandy butter butter bean cocoa butter peanut butter shea butter COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PEANUT — [also UK] [specialized] groundnut [noun] [C] - a small seed which grows from a plant and ripens under the ground …
Cambridge English vocab
JELLY — [noun] - a soft, slightly wet substance that shakes when it is movedFrogs' eggs are covered in a sort of …
Cambridge English vocab
BUTTER — [noun] [U] - a pale yellow fatty solid made from cream that is spread on bread or used in cookinga …
Cambridge English vocab
PEANUT — n. or groundnut Annual legume ( Arachis hypogaea ) and its edible seeds, which have the peculiar habit of ripening …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
JELLY — n. comb jelly jelly and jam Morton Jelly Roll
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PEANUT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PEANUT — noun Peanut is used before these nouns: ↑ allergy , ↑ butter , ↑ farmer , ↑ oil , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
JELLY — ( BrE ) ( AmE jello , Jell-O™ ) noun 1 ADJECTIVE ▪ lemon , raspberry , strawberry , etc. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BUTTER
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BUTTER — Curdled milk. (Genesis 18:8; 32:14; Judges 5:25; Job 20:17) Milk is generally offered to travellers in Palestine in a curdled …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
PEANUT — сущ. 1) арахис, земляной орех 2) мн.; разг. бесценок, 'смешные деньги' to get smth. for peanuts ≈ купить что-л. за …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
JELLY — 1. сущ. 1) желе apple jelly ≈ яблочное желе blackberry jelly ≈ ежевичное желе cherry jelly ≈ вишневое желе currant …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BUTTER — 1. сущ. 1) масло; маслянистое вещество to churn, cream, make butter ≈ сбивать масло to spread butter (on bread) ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Slang English vocab

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