jerry-build

verb

Definition of jerry-buildnext
as in to reedify

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jerry-build
  1. throw up
  2. rebuild
  3. retrofit
  4. reassemble
  5. reconstruct
  6. combine
  7. redevelop
  8. devise
Verb
  • Hennepin County prosecutors have fought the DOJ for key evidence in Pretti’s death for months, after federal law enforcement repeatedly threw up blockades to their access.
    — Whitney Wild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Ashby froze him with a backdoor breaking ball to make it 3-2, then Díaz attempted to check his swing but didn’t get the call, throwing up his arms in frustration.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of throw up
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  • Teams focused on hardware don’t have the luxury of time afforded to rebuilding teams such as the Bulls, who care more about playing through their young players than racking up wins this season.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • This should be particularly troubling to Floridians, whose communities include Nicaraguans who fled persecution and rebuilt their lives in the United States.
    — Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of rebuild
Verb
  • Riel Karmy-Jones, the prosecution barrister, accused Brand of retrofitting his definitions to fit his evidence.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Six states now offer tax credits to family caregivers for expenses like retrofitting a home with grab bars or railings, usually between $1,000 and $5,000 a year.
    — Kat McGowan, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of retrofit
Verb
  • The system was packed up and sent through the Panama Canal to get Stateside, where Shepherd and a small team will reassemble it.
    — Niyaz Pirani, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • After installing the new dryer switch, reassemble the dryer to complete the repair.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of reassemble
Verb
  • By stringing multiple kill dates of moss samples taken from different spots, scientists reconstructed a map of an advancing ice margin.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The team reconstructed the evolutionary history of GxpS, the enzyme that produces GameXPeptides, to investigate how different peptide structures evolved.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of reconstruct
Verb
  • Its geometry combines elements of two distinct lattice patterns.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Golden State was able to hang around and only trailed 46-40 at the break as the teams combined to shoot 15-for-31 (48%) from behind the arc.
    — Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of combine
Verb
  • The National Park Service has revised its plans to redevelop the Tidal Basin region of the National Mall in Washington, DC.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Denver Housing Authority has been working to redevelop the Sun Valley neighborhood for more than a decade now.
    — Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of redevelop
Verb
  • Over the following weeks, the group of roughly 15 people spoke almost daily to trace the vulnerabilities to their common source and devise a fix.
    — Harry Booth, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
  • With her knack for devising novel solutions to seemingly insoluble problems, no one was better suited for the job.
    — Dean Robbins, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of devise
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“Jerry-build.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jerry-build. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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