jerry-build

jerry-build
/jer"ee bild'/, v.t., jerry-built, jerry-building.
to build cheaply and flimsily.
[1880-85; back formation from jerry-builder. See JERRY2, BUILD]

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  • jury-rig / jerry-build —    Jury rig means to improvise a temporary repair or substitute : Malcolm jury rigged a tentpole out of a broom. Avoid saying jerry rig.    Jerry build is a slang word meaning to build poorly : Malcolm jerry built a shelf that fell before we… …   Confused words

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  • build — [n] physical structure, form body, conformation, constitution, figure, frame, habit, habitus, physique, shape; concept 757 Ant. mind build [v1] construct structure assemble, bring about, carpenter, cast, compile, compose, contrive, engineer,… …   New thesaurus

  • 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

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