Meaning of Jerry | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A diminutive of the male given names Gerald, Gerard, Jeremy, Jeremiah, Jared, Jerome, Jermaine, Jerrold, or similar male given names.
2. Alternative letter-case form of jerry (“a chamber pot”).
   alt-of
3. A personification of the German people.
   UK, US, dated, ethnic, slur
4. A German, particularly a male German.
   British, US, dated, ethnic, slur
5. A chamber pot.
   Ireland, UK, slang
6. Alternative letter-case form of Jerry (“a German”).
   alt-of, ethnic, slur
7. A watch (timepiece).
   UK, obsolete
8. A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine or Jerilyn.
9. An unincorporated community in Asotin County, Washington, United States; named for early rancher Jerry McGuire.

Equivalents

Examples

“We stated in our last⟳ that the award in this class was sent to Fowler & Vannatta’s Jerry, but this was a mistake⟳ which arose from the fact that there were two Jerrys in this class and both of them grade Herefords, one from Benton County, Ind., and one shown by Wallace Libby & Co., Ottawa, Ill. When the awards were made it was announced that Mr. Vannatta’s Jerry was the winner, and that breeder left for his home congratulating himself on the fact of having a winner on the block⟳; […]”

“..."I, incidentally, am Jeremy Wilson, and anyone who abbreviates that to 'Jerry' does so at unspeakable peril." "Oh really?" Kay asked. "Why?" "Well, just a wartime hangover. We used to call⟳ the Germans 'Jerries'." "I don't know⟳ much about the German war."”

“And Jerry would appear⟳, his work-clothes clean⟳ and pressed, his thinning rust-red hair combed flat, his glasses round and earnest, and quietly fix⟳ whatever was wrong. There was a Mrs. Jerry, who kept the creases sharp and clean⟳ in the tan workpants, and several small Jerrys, whom Sawyer & Sloat invariably remembered at Christmas. Jack had been small enough to associate the name⟳ Jerry with Tom Cat’s eternal adversary [Jerry Mouse], and so imagined that the handyman and Mrs. Jerry and the little Jerrys lived in a giant mouse-hole, accessible by a curved arch cut⟳ into a baseboard.”

“Maxine grabbed the hair on the top of her head. “No, Jerry, I’m not talking hippy dippy. You’re not hearing me.” / Carla snickered. “I’m going to remember⟳ what he just said about nostalgia the next time he tells one of his Brown Beret stories.” She glanced around the table. “You may not know⟳ it, but Jerry is a sucker for stories with a moral to them.” / Vizenor shifted in his seat, cleared his throat. […] Carla looked at the Berkeley writer, startled. “I’m sorry, I forgot there were two Jerrys here. I was referring to the guy at the head of the table—Martinez.” There was uncomfortable laughter, then a long silence as the assembled activists eyed one another and sipped coffee. Jerry Vizenor leaned forward⟳ on his elbows and massaged his temples.”

“There are many Nancies and Jerries in the world. They get⟳ told apart by a further name⟳, such as Nancy Lovelace, or Jerry Turing.”

“If the names we give⟳ our children represent⟳ our hopes for the future, names like⟳ Kathie and Jerry, Darlene and Butch are dreams of contentment. […] Of course, the generation bestowed with those contented names ended up far from content. The little Kathies and Jerries born in 1950 grew up to be the protesters, free-lovers, and Woodstock attendees of 1969.”

“Phipps went on: “One of our chaps, out on a reccy over the Bulgarian front, thought he saw⟳ something in the snow⟳. Something fishy. He dropped down to have⟳ a dekko and nearly had kittens. What d'you think⟳? Jerry's got a mass of stuff there—tanks, guns, lorries, every sort⟳ of heavy armament. All camouflaged. White.””

“[…] chucking your towel on the sunbed and making sure Jerry doesn't get⟳ there first.”

“But Robert had been cheeriness itself, had told them to buck up and think⟳ of England, reminding them that moaning wasn’t going to beat⟳ the Jerries.”

“We used chamber-pots a good deal⟳ – ‘jerries’ – cause of much hilarity doe to the hostilities.”

“Watch⟳ stealing, or jerry getting, as the thieving fraternity designate the operation, is carried on to a considerable extent all the year round.”

“R. Austin Freeman, A Savant's Vendetta 'Do you know⟳ a jerry when you sees one — a red 'un, mind⟳ you?' […] The fellow looked furtively at the door and then, diving into an inner pocket, pulled out a handsome gold watch⟳ with a massive chain attached, exhibited it for a moment and then dropped it back.”

CEFR level