ribbon

en-noun

ribbon (countable and uncountable, plural ribbons)

→ Japanese: リボン (ribon)

→ Korean: 리본 (ribon)

From Middle English riban, ryban, ryband, from Old French riban, ruban ( > modern French ruban), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic compound whose second element is cognate with English band. Compare Middle Dutch ringhband (“necklace”, literally “ring-band”).

cog

(cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.


spider

en-noun

spider (countable and uncountable, plural spiders)

[ˈspʌɪ̯ɾə(ɹ)]

From Middle English spiþre, spydyr, spider, spiþer, from Old English spīþra (“spider”), from Proto-West Germanic *spinþrijō, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną (“to spin”). Mostly displaced attercop (“spider, unpleasant person”), now a dialectal term.

2002, Katharine Gasparini, Cranberry and vanilla ice cream spider, recipe in Cool Food, page 339.

(chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).

(Australia, New Zealand, obsolete) An alcoholic drink made with brandy and lemonade or ginger beer.


Neapolitan

From Latin neāpolītānus, from Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, literally “new city”), a Greek city in modern Naples. Doublet of naporitan.

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Designating an ice cream combination of the flavours chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry in order. (Until the mid-20th century the flavours were pistachio, vanilla, and strawberry, giving the colours of the Italian flag.)

(dated) Describing a variety of ice cream made with eggs as well as cream.


Neapolitan

A language spoken in South Italy, approximately in the area of the former Kingdom of Naples.


sundae

A dessert consisting of ice cream with various toppings.


ice cream

en-noun

ice cream (countable and uncountable, plural ice creams)

→ Arabic: آيِس كِرِيم (ʔāyis kirīm)

→ Chinese: 冰淇淋

→ Hokkien: ice cream

→ Indonesian: es krim

desctree

→ Japanese: アイスクリーム (aisukurīmu)
→ Hokkien: ăi-sīr-khu-lìn-mù

→ Korean: 아이스크림 (aiseukeurim)

→ Magahi: 𑂅𑂮𑂹𑂍𑂹𑂩𑂲𑂧 (iskrīm)

→ Maori: aihikirīmi

→ Malay: aiskrim

→ Niuean: aisikirīmi

→ Punjabi: ਆਈਸ ਕਰੀਮ (āīsa karīm)

→ Swahili: aiskrimu

→ Tagalog: ayskrim

→ Tokelauan: aiha-kulimi

Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of iced cream with regular deletion of -d before a cluster, from iced + cream. Compare mash potato.

Can I have some money for an ice cream, Mum?

(countable) A portion of ice cream on a stick, in a cup or in a wafer cone.


gelato

en-noun

gelato (usually uncountable, plural gelati or gelatos)

/d͡ʒəˈlɑtoʊ/

/dʒəˈlɑːtəʊ/

Borrowed from Italian gelato (“ice cream”), from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.


raspberry ripple

raspberry ripple (countable and uncountable, plural raspberry ripples)

I shall have tons of cream in silver buckets and raspberry ripples.

1981, Barry Maybury, Creative writing for juniors:

A variety of vanilla ice cream containing streaks of raspberry-flavoured syrup.


tutti-frutti

tutti-frutti (countable and uncountable, plural tutti-fruttis)

From Sicilian tutti frutti (“all fruits”), so attested in 1838 for a kind of sorbet.

A variety of ice cream (or, formerly, other confection) that contains chopped candied fruit.


arctic roll

(British) A British dessert like a jelly roll, but with ice cream instead of jelly/jam.


Popsicle

Blend of pop + Epsicle. From Epperson+icicle. Named after Frank Epperson, its inventor. The Epsicle ice pop; the inventor's children renamed it popsicle, from (soda) pop.

A Popsicle brand popsicle, a type of ice lolly.


Peach Melba

Peach Melba (countable and uncountable, plural Peach Melbas)

Chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel in London in 1892 or 1893 created the dish for, and named it after, Australian opera singer Nellie Melba who took the pseudonym "Melba" from Melbourne, her home town.

A classic French dessert, made from peaches and raspberry sauce accompanied with vanilla ice cream.

Auguste Escoffier
Nellie Melba
Savoy Hotel


Superman

Superman (countable and uncountable, plural Supermen or Supermans)

DC Comics
Dragon Con
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster

From super- + man. The character, created by Jerry Siegel (1914–1996) and Joe Shuster (1914–1992), first appeared in DC Comics’ Action Comics #1 dated June 1938. The ice-cream flavor is named in reference to the red, yellow and blue of the superhero's costume.

(uncountable) A flavor of ice cream that is a mixture of blue moon ice cream, and other ice cream flavors that are colored red and yellow.


blue moon

blue moon (countable and uncountable, plural blue moons)

(uncountable) A bright blue, sweet-flavored ice cream that is popular in the Midwestern U.S. and is a component of Superman ice cream.


ice cream soda

ice cream soda (countable and uncountable, plural ice cream sodas)

A beverage made by adding ice cream to a soft drink.


ripple

I enjoy fudge ripple ice cream, but I especially like to dig through the carton to get at the ripple part and eat only that.

A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.


creamery

From French crémerie, reformed as cream + -ery.


ice cream cone

vohveli

any edible container used to hold ice cream

We bought some ice cream cones from the van in the park.

An ice cream cone filled with ice cream.

apa

conical confection for holding ice cream


ice cream maker

ice cream maker (plural ice cream makers)

A machine used to make homemade ice cream.

If your ice cream maker gives your laboratory analyst a sample of the complete mix at 8 o’clock, in just forty minutes the operator can tell him the exact butter fat and total solids content in the mix.

1922, Ice Cream Trade Journal, page 103:

The ice cream maker gave particular attention to the Progress ammonia or direct expansion freezer in 50 and 100 quart capacities shown in this booth and a new 60 quart H. Atkinson brine freezer.

An ice cream maker gives local school children a firsthand look at the ice cream process.

Ben & Jerry’s, the ice cream maker, gives away 7 1/2 percent of its pretax profits in support of environmental preservation.

1995, Lila B. Stair, Careers in Marketing, VGM Career Horizons, →ISBN, page 9:

A company or person that makes ice cream.


stracciatella

stracciatella (countable and uncountable, plural stracciatellas)

/ˌstɹɑt͡ʃi.əˈtɛlə/

/ˌstɹæt͡ʃəˈtɛlə/

Borrowed from Italian, from stracciare (“to rip, to tear up”), of ultimate Latin origin, due to the aspect.

a type of Italian milk-based ice cream with chocolate shavings

страчатела

an Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings


ice cream headache

ice cream headache (plural ice cream headaches)

In my wilder days as a winter surfer we all knew about the sickening frontal headache that resulted within seconds of driving through a breaking wave. The pain continued for 20 to 30 seconds, only to be reinforced by the next breaking wave. Even then (35 years ago) we always referred to the pain as the ice cream headache.

Harris, Mark (1997 September 6) “Cerebral vasoconstriction causing decrease in arterial flow may have role”, in Ice cream headache, volume 315, number 609

A type of headache caused by cold around the brain, either at the back of the throat when eating ice cream (as the name suggests), or from cold around the outside of the head.


knickerbocker glory

knickerbocker glory (plural knickerbocker glories)

A genericized form of Knickerbocker Glory, attested from the 1930s.

Knickerbocker Glory An English sundae, imported from the United States, that has become known as the ultimate example of the sundae-makers' art.

1996, Caroline Liddell, Frozen Desserts: The Definitive Guide, Glossary, 29:

They ate in the zoo restaurant and when Dudley had a tantrum because his knickerbocker glory wasn't big enough, Uncle Vernon bought him another one and Harry was allowed to finish the first.

1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter Two:

(UK) An elaborately-layered ice cream sundae served in a tall glass.


soft serve

soft serve (countable and uncountable, plural soft serves)

A frozen dessert or snack, similar to ice cream but softer, as a result of air being introduced during freezing.


ice cream bar

A restaurant that serves ice cream; an ice cream parlor.


ice cream truck

ice cream truck (plural ice cream trucks)

(US) A vehicle from which ice cream is sold at the roadside, mostly to children.


rocky road

rocky road (countable and uncountable, plural rocky roads)

Who needs a pint of rocky road when you can head to the kitchen and work out your heartache with a whisk and a bottle of wine?

A variety of chocolate ice cream with marshmallows and almonds.


choc ice

(UK) A block of vanilla ice cream with a chocolate (or chocolate-like) coating


Italian ice

Italian ice (usually uncountable, plural Italian ices)

A frozen dessert, resembling ice cream, made from either concentrated syrup flavouring or fruit purées.

италья́нский лёд

frozen dessert made from syrup flavouring or fruit purées


mint chocolate chip

As exemplified by a peppermint patty or a bowl of mint chocolate-chip ice cream, mint is the chocolate lover’s herb.

2000, Jerry Traunfeld, The Herbfarm Cookbook, Scribner, →ISBN, page 406:

This cake is an ode to York Peppermint Patties, Andes Mints (swiped from your grandmother’s candy bowl), and mint–chocolate chip ice cream.

2015, Jean Sagendorph, Jessie Sheehan, Icebox Cakes: Recipes for the Coolest Cakes in Town, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 24:

On the way home, we stopped at Rite Aid so the kids could get their double scoops, though once again they were out of mint chocolate chip.

2020, Marla Jo Fisher, Frumpy Middle-Aged Mom: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Motherhood, Prospect Park Books, →ISBN:

An ice cream flavor with a spearmint or peppermint base and chocolate chips.


hokey pokey

hokey pokey (usually uncountable, plural hokey pokeys)

(New Zealand) Vanilla ice cream with small pieces of honeycomb toffee.


ice cream parlor

ice cream parlor (plural ice cream parlors)

A retail business that sells ice cream and related products.


ice cream van

(Australia, UK) A vehicle from which ice cream is sold at the roadside, mostly to children.


Cookies and Cream

A flavor of ice cream made by combining vanilla or sweet cream ice cream with chunks of chocolate cookie (often Oreos)


ice creamery

(Commonwealth) A shop selling ice cream.


Eskimo Pie

(trademark) A brand of chocolate covered vanilla ice cream on a stick.


dirty ice cream

dirty ice cream (plural dirty ice creams)

(Philippines) local ice cream (often made using coconut milk and sold by street hawkers)


flavor of the road

(Philippines) Local ice cream, often made using coconut milk and sold by street hawkers.


booza

Borrowed from Arabic بُوظَة (būẓa), in turn from Ottoman Turkish بوزه (boza).

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tiger tiger

Originally a brand name, presumably inspired by William Blake's 1794 poem The Tyger, which begins: "Tyger Tyger, burning bright".

It was ice cream heaven. "I'd recommend Tiger, Tiger," he said. "It's the perfect taste for this kind of day."

Tommy walked alone beside the river, ate a screaming-hot burrito from a truck in the park and then cooled his mouth with a tiger-tiger ice-cream cone from a fifties-style diner on Main Street.

2009, Anita Daher, On the Trail of the Bushman, page 22:

(Canada, US) Synonym of tiger tail (“ice-cream flavor”)


soft-served

(of a frozen dessert or snack) Soft, as a result of air being introduced during freezing.


stir-fried ice cream

en-noun

stir-fried ice cream (countable and uncountable, plural stir-fried ice creams)

rolled ice cream
rolled ice cream#English


rolled ice cream

rolled ice cream (countable and uncountable, plural rolled ice creams)

A sweetened frozen dessert resembling ice cream or gelato, formed into a rolled shape by stirring in air during cooling.


French ice cream

French ice cream (countable and uncountable, plural French ice creams)

Ice cream which uses whole eggs or egg yolks as a major ingredient—the eggs lend a characteristic "custard" flavor to the finished product.


ice cream shop

As good as these 10 ice cream shops are, what ultimately matters is finding what you like — and then finding the closest place that serves it.

2004, Shannon Jackson Arnold, Everybody Loves Ice Cream: The Whole Scoop on America’s Favorite Treat, Emmis Books, →ISBN, page 93:

A shop that sells ice cream in different flavors.