noun
jellybean
noun
1
A small, bean-shaped, brightly colored, chewy sugar candy.
"The jar on the counter was full of jellybeans in every flavor."
adj
1
Informal: describing a basic, generic, interchangeable component or part (as opposed to something custom-made).
"They swapped in a jellybean capacitor since the exact original part was out of stock."
How to Use Jellybean
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishUsually the small bean-shaped candy; in engineering slang it can also mean a cheap, generic, off-the-shelf part.
Common pairings
a bag of jellybeans
jellybean colors
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