jerry — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

brown, sure

I'm not sure what you mean by jerry as an adjective with those collocates. Could you clarify if you mean "jerry-built" (makeshift/poorly constructed)? If so, here's an example: The jerry-built extension looked nice enough but started

VERB + JERRY

making, murdering, named, stealing, watch

The cat spent all afternoon stealing Jerry's snacks from the kitchen counter.

JERRY + NOUN

abershawe, ann, bean, conscience, lewis, rawlings

Jerry Lewis made audiences laugh with his physical comedy and slapstick humor throughout his career.

PREP.

about, out, until, up, with

I jerry about with the old engine until I finally get it running properly.

ADV.

mostly, once, really

The old shed was really jerry, so we decided to rebuild it from scratch.

Definitions

name

1

A diminutive of the male given names Gerald, Gerard, Jeremy, Jeremiah, Jared, Jerome, Jermaine, Jerrold, or similar male given names.

We stated in our last that the award in this class was sent to Fowler & Vannatta’s Jerry, but this was a mistake which arose from the fact that there were two Jerrys in this class and both of them grade Herefords, one from Benton County, Ind., and one shown by Wallace Libby & Co., Ottawa, Ill. When the awards were made it was announced that Mr. Vannatta’s Jerry was the winner, and that breeder left for his home congratulating himself on the fact of having a winner on the block; […]

..."I, incidentally, am Jeremy Wilson, and anyone who abbreviates that to 'Jerry' does so at unspeakable peril." "Oh really?" Kay asked. "Why?" "Well, just a wartime hangover. We used to call the Germans 'Jerries'." "I don't know much about the German war."

2

A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine or Jerilyn.

3

An unincorporated community in Asotin County, Washington, United States; named for early rancher Jerry McGuire.

noun

1

Alternative letter-case form of jerry (“a chamber pot”).

name

1

A personification of the German people.

Phipps went on: “One of our chaps, out on a reccy over the Bulgarian front, thought he saw something in the snow. Something fishy. He dropped down to have a dekko and nearly had kittens. What d'you think? Jerry's got a mass of stuff there—tanks, guns, lorries, every sort of heavy armament. All camouflaged. White.”

[…] chucking your towel on the sunbed and making sure Jerry doesn't get there first.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — offensive term for a person of German descent

kraut
krauthead
boche
hun

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

We stated in our last that the award in this class was sent to Fowler & Vannatta’s Jerry, but this was a mistake which arose from the fact that there were two Jerrys in this class and both of them gra

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02

..."I, incidentally, am Jeremy Wilson, and anyone who abbreviates that to 'Jerry' does so at unspeakable peril." "Oh really?" Kay asked. "Why?" "Well, just a wartime hangover. We used to call the Germ

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03

And Jerry would appear, his work-clothes clean and pressed, his thinning rust-red hair combed flat, his glasses round and earnest, and quietly fix whatever was wrong. There was a Mrs. Jerry, who kept

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04

Phipps went on: “One of our chaps, out on a reccy over the Bulgarian front, thought he saw something in the snow. Something fishy. He dropped down to have a dekko and nearly had kittens. What d'you th

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05

[…] chucking your towel on the sunbed and making sure Jerry doesn't get there first.

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06

But Robert had been cheeriness itself, had told them to buck up and think of England, reminding them that moaning wasn’t going to beat the Jerries.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, jerry is marked as dated, slang, obsolete, UK, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.