JERRY-BUILT

Meaning of JERRY-BUILT in English

Function: adjective

Etymology: origin unknown

Date: 1869

1 : built cheaply and unsubstantially

2 : carelessly or hastily put together

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

JERRY-BUILT — ínsolidmen construetet
English interlingue dictionary
JERRY-BUILT — adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1869 built cheaply and unsubstantially, carelessly or hastily put together
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
JERRY-BUILT — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: jerry probably from Jerry, nickname for Jeremy & Jeremiah 1. : built cheaply and unsubstantially of poor …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JERRY-BUILT — (a.) Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.
Английский словарь Webster
JERRY-BUILT — ( a. ) Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
JERRY-BUILT — /jer"ee bilt'/ , adj. 1. built cheaply and flimsily. 2. contrived or developed in a haphazard, unsubstantial fashion, as a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JERRY-BUILT — built quickly and with poor quality
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
JERRY-BUILT — Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1869 1. : built cheaply and unsubstantially 2. : carelessly or hastily put together
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JERRY-BUILT — adj built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.
Webster English vocab
JERRY-BUILT — ■ adjective badly or hastily built. Derivatives jerry-builder noun jerry-building noun Origin C19: origin unknown; sometimes said to be from …
Concise Oxford English vocab
JERRY-BUILT — [jer.ry-built] adj [origin unknown] (1869) 1: built cheaply and unsubstantially 2: carelessly or hastily put together
Merriam-Webster English vocab
JERRY-BUILT — noun ( old-fashioned , disapproving ) built quickly and cheaply without caring about quality or safety •• WORD ORIGIN mid …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JERRY-BUILT — jer ‧ ry-built /ˈdʒeri ˌbɪlt/ BrE AmE adjective built cheaply, quickly, and badly
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
JERRY-BUILT — If you describe houses or blocks of flats as jerry-built , you are critical of the fact that they have …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JERRY-BUILT — If you describe houses or blocks of flats as ~, you are critical of the fact that they have been …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
JERRY-BUILT — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ jerry-built structures EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ They therefore attracted labour without any hindrance, providing …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
JERRY BUILT — Synonyms and related words : breakable, brittle, cheap-jack, cobwebby, crumbly, dainty, delicate, delicately weak, effeminate, flimsy, fragile, frail, frangible, gimcrack, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
JERRY-BUILT — {adj.} 1. Built poorly or carelessly of cheap materials; easily broken. * /That jerry-built cabin will blow apart in a …
Slang English vocab
JERRY-BUILT — 25B6; adjective SHODDY, badly built, gimcrack, flimsy, insubstantial, rickety, ramshackle, crude, makeshift; inferior, poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade. sturdy.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
JERRY-BUILT — {adj.} 1. Built poorly or carelessly of cheap materials; easily broken. * /That jerry-built cabin will blow apart in a …
Словарь английских идиом
JERRY-BUILT — adj. 1. Built poorly or carelessly of cheap materials; easily broken. That jerry-built cabin will blow apart in a strong …
American Idioms English vocabulary
JERRY-BUILT — прил. построенный, сделанный на скорую руку, кое-как построенный на скорую руку, непрочно, кое-как jerry-built построенный на скорую руку, кое-как
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
JERRY-BUILT — a построенный на скорую руку, непрочно, кое-как
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
JERRY-BUILT — построенный на скорую руку, кое-как
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
JERRY BUILT — (r) построенный кое-как; построенный на скорую руку; построенный непрочно
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
JERRY-BUILT — a построенный на скорую руку, непрочно, кое-как
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
JERRY-BUILT — a построенный на скорую руку, непрочно, кое-как
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
JERRY BUILT — построенный кое-как, построенный на скорую руку
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
JERRY BUILT — построенный кое-как, построенный на скорую руку
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
JERRY-BUILT — прил. построенный, сделанный на скорую руку, кое-как
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
JERRY-BUILT — прил. построенный, сделанный на скорую руку, кое-как
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
JERRY-BUILT — _a. построенный на скорую руку, кое-как
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
JERRY-BUILT — a. построенный на скорую руку, кое-как
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
JERRY-BUILT — построенный на скорую руку, кое-как
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
JERRY-BUILT — _a. построенный на скорую руку, кое-как
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
JERRY-BUILT — [adj.] построенный на скорую руку, кое-как
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
JERRY-BUILT — a построенный на скорую руку, кое-как
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
JERRY-BUILT — прил. построенный, сделанный на скорую руку, кое-как построенный на скорую руку, непрочно, кое-как jerry-built построенный на скорую руку, кое-как
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
JERRY — noun (plural Jerries) Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: 1915 german
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BUILT — adjective Date: 1618 formed as to physique or bodily contours
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
JERRY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Falwell Jerry L. Herman Jerry Leiber Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis Jerry Lee Payton Walter …
Английский словарь Британика
JERRY — I. ˈjerē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: from Jerry, nickname for the names Jeremy & Jeremiah 1. archaic : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUILT — I. adjective Etymology: from past participle of build (I) 1. : formed , shaped , constructed, made — usually used …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JERRY — (a.) Flimsy; jerry-built.
Английский словарь Webster
BUILT — (a.) Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, …
Английский словарь Webster
BUILT — (n.) Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship.
Английский словарь Webster
BUILT — (imp. & p. p.) of Build
Английский словарь Webster
BUILT — ( n. ) Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BUILT — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Build
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BUILT — ( a. ) Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
JERRY — /jer"ee/ , n. , pl. Jerries . Chiefly Brit. Informal. 1. a German. 2. Germans collectively. [ 1910-15; GER(MAN) + …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JERRY — jerry 1 /jer"ee/ , adj. Building Trades Slang. of inferior materials or workmanship. [ 1875-80; short for JERRY-BUILT ] jerry …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUILT — /bilt/ , v. 1. pt. and pp. of build . adj. 2. Informal. a. of sound or sturdy construction: These …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JERRY — n. chamber pot (British Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BUILT — adj. constructed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
JERRY — n. male first name (form of Gerald, Jeremiah and other names); female first name (form of Geraldine); German person, German …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
JERRY — noun ( plural Jerries ) Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: 1915 chiefly British : german
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUILT — adjective Date: 1618 : formed as to physique or bodily contours slimly built especially : well or attractively formed
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JERRY — add. ·adj flimsy; jerry-built.
Webster English vocab
BUILT — impf & ·p.p. of build. 2. built ·noun shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship. 3. …
Webster English vocab
JERRY — ■ noun ( plural jerries ) Brit. informal, dated a chamber pot. Origin C19: prob. a dimin. of jeroboam .
Concise Oxford English vocab
BUILT — past and past participle of build . ■ adjective of a specified physical build: a slightly ~ woman.
Concise Oxford English vocab
JERRY — ■ noun ( plural Jerries ) Brit. informal, derogatory a German or Germans collectively (especially in military contexts). Origin First …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BUILT — [built] adj (1621): formed as to physique or bodily contours "slimly ~"; esp: well or attractively formed
Merriam-Webster English vocab

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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