Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jerry-rig

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: jer-ry-rig
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Eggcorn of jury-rig.

Example Sentences

"Sherry, found the distributor. Two more parts and I can jerry-rig the detonator for that gate."

Etymology

Conflation of jury-rig and jerry-built.

Inflected Forms

jerry-rigs (present, singular) jerry-rigging (participle, present) jerry-rigged (participle, past) jerry-rigged (past)

Questions

What does jerry-rig mean?: Eggcorn of jury-rig.
Where does jerry-rig come from?: Conflation of jury-rig and jerry-built.

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