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- [jer-ee bilt]
- /ˈdʒɛr i bɪlt/
- /ˈʤerɪ bɪlt/
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- [jer-ee bilt]
- /ˈdʒɛr i bɪlt/
Definitions of jerry-built word
- adjective jerry-built built cheaply and flimsily. 1
- adjective jerry-built contrived or developed in a haphazard, unsubstantial fashion, as a project or organization. 1
- verb with object jerry-built to build cheaply and flimsily. 1
- adjective jerry-built poorly constructed 1
- adjective jerry-built If you describe houses or blocks of flats as jerry-built, you are critical of the fact that they have been built very quickly and cheaply, without much care for safety or quality. 0
- adjective jerry-built (of houses, flats, etc) built badly using cheap materials 0
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Origin of jerry-built
First appearance:
before 1865 One of the 28% newest English words
1865-70; jerry (as in jerry-build) + built
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Parts of speech for Jerry-built
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
jerry-built popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for jerry-built
adjective jerry-built
- aquake — Quaking.
- jellylike — a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
- jerrybuilt — Of or pertaining to a shoddily built structure.
- rachitic — rickets.
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