jellybean
noun
a small, bean-shaped, usually brightly colored candy with a hard sugar coating and a firm gelatinous filling.
jellybeans
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pluralof jellybean.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Someone filled Conor Daly’s portable hot tub with Orbeez, superabsorbent polymers that resemble jellybeans and grow to 100 times their original size when submerged in water.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2022
For years, it was permanently stocked with jellybeans and Mountain Dew and smelled of too many people working too hard for too long.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2022
We may no longer have to guess the number of jellybeans in a jar in order to cast a ballot.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 30, 2020
Eva Mendes could have been replaced with a bra on a stick and all Nicolas Cage did was eat jellybeans and appreciate The Carpenters in a silly wig.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2011
“You keep off the streets, or I’d see you. Who do you play out with? Are you hiding out in the woods with one of those dam slick-headed jellybeans? Is that where you go?”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
