- Jerry
- noun (plural Jerries) Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: 1915 chiefly British german
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Jerry — may refer to: Jerry (given name), a unisex given name Jerry (WWII), a World War Two era nickname for German soldiers Jerry Seinfeld (character), eponymous character in the American sitcom, Seinfeld Jerry Maguire, a film starring Tom Cruise Jerry… … Wikipedia
Jerry Lo — (羅百吉; pinyin: Luó Bǎijí, born November 19, 1972, Los Angeles, California) also known as DJ Jerry, is a singer , songwriter and The Hard Trance DJ ,[1] who was very popular in Taiwan in the 1990s.[citation needed] He was one of the first American… … Wikipedia
Jerry — ist die englische Kurzform mehrerer männlicher, aber auch weiblicher Vornamen: Gerald, Gerard, Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerome, George und Geraldine Jerry steht für: Name einer Zeichentrickfigur aus der Serie Tom und Jerry Jerry (Spitzname), englischer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Jerry Lo — (羅百吉, pinyin: Bǎijí Luo, nacido el 19 de noviembre de 1972 en Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos). También conocido como DJ Jerry, es un cantante y compositor taiwanés, que muy popular en Taiwán en la década de los años 1990. Fue uno de los… … Wikipedia Español
Jerry — World War I British Army slang for a German, the Germans, 1919, probably an alteration of GERMAN (Cf. German), but also said to be from the shape of the German helmet, which was thought to resemble a jerry, British slang for chamber pot (1827),… … Etymology dictionary
Jerry — Jer ry, a. Flimsy; jerry built. {Jer ry*ism}, n. [Both Builder s Cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jerry — m, f English: 1 (m.) Pet form of JEREMY (SEE Jeremy) or GERALD (SEE Gerald), or occasionally of GERARD (SEE Gerard) and JEROME (SEE Jerome) … First names dictionary
Jerry — er et engelsk øgenavn for en tysk soldat … Danske encyklopædi
Jerry — ► NOUN (pl. Jerries) Brit. informal, dated ▪ a German or Germans collectively. ORIGIN probably an alteration of GERMAN(Cf. ↑Germanize) … English terms dictionary
Jerry — [jer′ē] n. a masculine name: see GERALD, GERARD, JEREMIAH, JEROME1 … English World dictionary
jerry — jerry1 /jer ee/, adj. Building Trades Slang. of inferior materials or workmanship. [1875 80; short for JERRY BUILT] jerry2 /jer ee/, n., pl. jerries. Chiefly Brit. Slang. a chamber pot. [1820 30; short for JEROBOAM] * * * (as used in expressions) … Universalium
