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
  • The actress was seen beaming and throwing up her arm while posing for a group photo that included Manolo, who held a tambourine featuring a photo of his mother's face.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
  • On New Year’s Day 2022, Andrew Whitfield, a 35-year-old fashion designer and stylist in Miami, started throwing up.
    — Sarah Klein, Washington Post, 10 July 2026
Definition of throw up
Verb
  • Systems can now generate, modify, optimize and rebuild parts of themselves faster than humans can fully understand the downstream consequences.
    — Doug Shannon, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • If the Benton report shows that the inspector general’s office is on the job, conducting robust and effective investigations, this could help rebuild confidence in an office the public has every reason to doubt.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of rebuild
Verb
  • The report included the lack of antimissile capabilities in the new aircraft, a Boeing 747-8 that was donated by the government of Qatar and later retrofitted.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 July 2026
  • Laser projectors still beat out the older IMAX digital xenon 2K resolution projectors, which were retrofitted into existing theaters.
    — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026
Definition of retrofit
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  • Who will replace Platner as the party’s nominee—and can that candidate reassemble the coalition that, until recently, seemed at least fairly well positioned to give the Democrats a must-win Senate seat?
    — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
  • My father used a powerful glue to reassemble the cowboy, which twenty-five years later still smelled like orange peels.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Definition of reassemble
Verb
  • Using black box recordings, passenger videos, and onboard surveillance footage, Shipwrecked reconstructs the infamous disaster.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026
  • Stable isotope ecology has long relied on carbon and nitrogen to reconstruct the lives of marine animals.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of reconstruct
Verb
  • An investigation by the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners found that while the three medications were administered in non-fatal doses, Hemphill failed to acknowledge the way the drugs would act when combined, according to the warrant.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • Northumberland Dark Sky Park Northumberland's Dark Sky Park combines remote landscapes with some of England's darkest skies.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of combine
Verb
  • As the morning storms weaken and move east, forecasters will watch for new storms to redevelop Friday afternoon, mainly from western to central Missouri.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • In a very similar approach, developers submitted plans to the city to redevelop the entire Palmetto Park Square shopping center east of Interstate 95 and off West Palmetto Park Road.
    — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Definition of redevelop
Verb
  • While many may remember the warrior Achilles from the Trojan War, Odysseus was the cunning strategist who devised the famous Trojan Horse plan to enter Troy.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
  • Ten years on, after devising the victorious Trojan Horse gambit, Ulysses attempts to return to Ithaca and the pining Penelope, whose palace has been overrun with scheming suitors seeking her hand.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 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 19 Jul. 2026.

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