English Explanatory Dictionary

jerrybuild

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To assemble a project in a hasty, sloppy manner, especially using cheap, inferior or improvised materials.
  2. To assemble a structure in such an unsafe manner that it is doomed to collapse.
  3. To repair a structure in a sloppy or unsafe manner.

Word forms

jerrybuild jerrybuilds jerrybuilding jerrybuilt

Related words

jerryrig
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