nounPlural Jerries, Plural jerries ˈdʒɛri
British dated, informal A chamber pot.
〈英，非正式，旧〉尿壶，夜壶
Origin
Mid 19th century: probably a diminutive of jeroboam.
Rhymes
beriberi, berry, BlackBerry, bury, Ceri, Derry, ferry, Gerry, Kerry, merry, perry, Pondicherry, sherry, terry, very, wherry, wolfberry
verbjerrying, jerries, jerried ˈdʒɛri
[no object]Australian, NZ informal Understand or realize.
I still hadn't jerried what was going on
nounPlural Jerries, Plural jerries ˈdʒɛri
Australian, NZ informal A close or investigative look.
Phrases
informal Scrutinize or examine.
it's time this country took a jerry to itself
Example sentencesExamples
- If we gave them a tooth for a tooth they would soon take a jerry to themselves.
- She never took a jerry to them.
- The Government might take a jerry to itself one of these days!
- It's time you took a jerry to yourself.
Origin
Late 19th century: from US slang, in the phrase to be jerry (to) 'to be wise to; to understand', of unknown origin.
nounPlural Jerries, Plural jerries ˈdʒɛri
British derogatory, informal 1A German (especially in military contexts).
Example sentencesExamples
- Several of the Jerries turned into our guys intending to engage, but the majority continued the long dive in the direction of Rome.
- And when the Berlin Wall came down, souvenir-hunters were greeted by the graffiti legend: ‘Built by Jerries, demolished by Oz’.
- Those Jerries had so much more firepower and range, and I saw that we were losing valuable men trying to move up.
- Look at how he has the Jerries stumbling over each other to find cover!
- England was an ally and they couldn't hold out for too much longer if the Jerries kept up the relentless bombing.
- 1.1in singular The Germans collectively.
Jerry has some 200 dive-bombers at Spitzbergen
Example sentencesExamples
- An example was the day up in the Liri Valley, when we got bounced by a Jerry formation which included two captured P - 40s with crosses on them.
Origin
First World War: probably an alteration of German.