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jerry-rig

jerry-rig verb: eggcorn of jury-rig.

Verb

jerry-rig (third-person singular simple present jerry-rigs, present participle jerry-rigging, simple past and past participle jerry-rigged)

  1. Eggcorn of jury-rig.
    • Sherry, found the distributor. Two more parts and I can jerry-rig the detonator for that gate.2026 February 27, Capcom, Resident Evil Requiem, scene: Leon finding a distributor, level/area: Raccoon City

Forms of jerry-rig

third-person singular presentjerry-rigs
present participlejerry-rigging
past participlejerry-rigged
pastjerry-rigged

Origin of jerry-rig

Conflation of jury-rig and jerry-built.

Questions about jerry-rig

What does jerry-rig mean?
Jerry-rig means eggcorn of jury-rig.
What part of speech is jerry-rig?
Jerry-rig is a verb.
What is the past tense of jerry-rig?
The past tense of jerry-rig is jerry-rigged.

Words near jerry-rig in the dictionary

  1. jerry-built
  2. jerry-can
  3. jerry-lord
  4. jerry-lords
  5. jerry-mumble
  6. jerry-rig
  7. jerry-rigged
  8. jerry-rigging
  9. jerry-rigs
  10. jerry-shop
  11. jerry-shops

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