JERRY-BUILT


Meaning of JERRY-BUILT in English

/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.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .