Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to jerrybuild
Participle: jerrybuilt
Gerund: jerrybuilding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | jerrybuild |
| you | jerrybuild |
| he;she;it | jerrybuilds |
| we | jerrybuild |
| you | jerrybuild |
| they | jerrybuild |
Perfect
| I | have jerrybuilt |
| you | have jerrybuilt |
| he;she;it | has jerrybuilt |
| we | have jerrybuilt |
| you | have jerrybuilt |
| they | have jerrybuilt |
Past
| I | jerrybuilt |
| you | jerrybuilt |
| he;she;it | jerrybuilt |
| we | jerrybuilt |
| you | jerrybuilt |
| they | jerrybuilt |
Pluperfect
| I | had jerrybuilt |
| you | had jerrybuilt |
| he;she;it | had jerrybuilt |
| we | had jerrybuilt |
| you | had jerrybuilt |
| they | had jerrybuilt |
Future
| I | will jerrybuild |
| you | will jerrybuild |
| he;she;it | will jerrybuild |
| we | will jerrybuild |
| you | will jerrybuild |
| they | will jerrybuild |
Future Perfect
| I | will have jerrybuilt |
| you | will have jerrybuilt |
| he;she;it | will have jerrybuilt |
| we | will have jerrybuilt |
| you | will have jerrybuilt |
| they | will have jerrybuilt |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | jerrybuild |
| you | jerrybuild |
| he;she;it | jerrybuild |
| we | jerrybuild |
| you | jerrybuild |
| they | jerrybuild |
Perfect
| I | have jerrybuilt |
| you | have jerrybuilt |
| he;she;it | have jerrybuilt |
| we | have jerrybuilt |
| you | have jerrybuilt |
| they | have jerrybuilt |
Imperfect
| I | jerrybuilt |
| you | jerrybuilt |
| he;she;it | jerrybuilt |
| we | jerrybuilt |
| you | jerrybuilt |
| they | jerrybuilt |
Pluperfect
| I | had jerrybuilt |
| you | had jerrybuilt |
| he;she;it | had jerrybuilt |
| we | had jerrybuilt |
| you | had jerrybuilt |
| they | had jerrybuilt |
Conditional
Present
| I | would jerrybuild |
| you | would jerrybuild |
| he;she;it | would jerrybuild |
| we | would jerrybuild |
| you | would jerrybuild |
| they | would jerrybuild |
Perfect
| I | would have jerrybuilt |
| you | would have jerrybuilt |
| he;she;it | would have jerrybuilt |
| we | would have jerrybuilt |
| you | would have jerrybuilt |
| they | would have jerrybuilt |
Imperative
| you | jerrybuild |
| we | Let's jerrybuild |
| you | jerrybuild |
Verbs conjugated like 'jerrybuild'
bend,
build,
lend,
misspend,
overbuild,
overspend,
rebuild,
send,
shend,
spend,
berend,
besend,
bespend,
bodybuild,
databend,
foresend,
forespend,
forspend,
forthsend,
genderbend, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'jerrybuild'
bodybuild,
jerry-rig,
overbuild,
prebuild,
rebuild,
build,
ferrule,
inbuild,
misbuild,
outbuild,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Blend of jerry + build; unknown origin; see jerry (possibly etymologically related).
Sample Sentences
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It was a queer-looking hovel, built of galvanised iron and kerosene-cans and bark and saplings and bamboo, according to no definite plan, and obviously, to knowing eyes, by one of those masters of the craft of jerry-building […] [1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IX, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, pages 154–5:]
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If we look at some of the stories of R. D. Laing's patients in The Politics of Experience it looks as if schizophrenia jerrybuilds a shaky structure of passion and freedom which depends for existence on negation of control and conscious scruple. [1968, Barbara Hardy, chapter 2, in Tellers and Listeners: The Narrative Imagination, London: Bloomsbury, published 2013, page 49:]
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Evolution, for example, isn't rational—and it jerry-builds our bodies. [1999, John Vernon, chapter III, in A Book of Reasons, New York: Houghton Mifflin, page 110:]
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Little wonder that corners were cut, bad materials made do for good and jerry-building was one of the curses of the age. [2012, Jerry White, A Great and Monstrous Thing: London in the Eighteenth Century, Harvard University Press, published 2013, Part One, Chapter I, p. 28:]