- jer·ry-built
- /ˈʤeriˌbılt/ adjinformal + disapproving : built cheaply and quickly : not well-built
jerry-built houses
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jer|ry-built — «JEHR ee BIHLT», adjective. built quickly, cheaply, or carelessly of poor materials; flimsy. ╂[perhaps alteration of an earlier jurybuilt. Compare etym. under jury2, jury rigged.] … Useful english dictionary
Jer|ry — jer|ry1 «JEHR ee», ob adjective. = jerry built. (Cf. ↑jerry built) jer|ry2 or Jer|ry «JEHR ee», noun, plural ries. Slang. 1. a German soldier. 2. a German. ╂[perhaps a diminutive < German] … Useful english dictionary
jer|ry — jer|ry1 «JEHR ee», ob adjective. = jerry built. (Cf. ↑jerry built) jer|ry2 or Jer|ry «JEHR ee», noun, plural ries. Slang. 1. a German soldier. 2. a German. ╂[perhaps a diminutive < German] … Useful english dictionary
jer´ry-build´er — jer|ry build «JEHR ee BIHLD», transitive verb, built, build|ing. to build in a cheap, unsubstantial, or shoddy way. –jer´ry build´er, noun … Useful english dictionary
jer|ry-build — «JEHR ee BIHLD», transitive verb, built, build|ing. to build in a cheap, unsubstantial, or shoddy way. –jer´ry build´er, noun … Useful english dictionary
jerry-built — jer′ry built adj. 1) built cheaply and flimsily; shoddy 2) contrived or developed in a haphazard fashion • Etymology: 1865–70; jerry, of uncert. orig. jer′ry build , v.t. built, build•ing. jer′ry build er, n … From formal English to slang
jerry-built — jer|ry built [ˈdʒeri ˌbılt] adj built cheaply, quickly, and badly … Dictionary of contemporary English
jer·ry-rigged — /ˈʤeriˌrıgd/ adj chiefly US : made in a quick or careless way : not built or designed well We ll have to replace the building s jerry rigged heating system … Useful english dictionary
Jerry-built — Jer ry built , a. 1. Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry built houses. Syn: slipshod, ramshackle, flimsy. [1913 Webster] 2. Developed in an unsystematic or inexpert manner; built haphazardly; used of objects, organizations, plans, etc.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jerry-built — /jer ee bilt /, adj. 1. built cheaply and flimsily. 2. contrived or developed in a haphazard, unsubstantial fashion, as a project or organization. [1865 70; jerry (as in JERRY BUILD) + BUILT] Syn. 1. ramshackle, rickety, shoddy, slipshod. * * * … Universalium
