jerry-rig

verb

Eggcorn of jury-rig.

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Meanings

verbjerry-rig (third-person singular simple present jerry-rigs, present participle jerry-rigging, simple past and past participle jerry-rigged)

present singular third person jerry-rigs · participle present jerry-rigging · participle past jerry-rigged · past jerry-rigged

  1. Eggcorn of jury-rig.

    Sherry, found the distributor. Two more parts and I can jerry-rig the detonator for that gate.

    2026 February 27, Capcom, Resident Evil Requiem, scene: Leon finding a distributor, level/area: Raccoon City

Origin

Conflation of jury-rig and jerry-built.

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APA

jerry-rig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jerry-rig

MLA

“jerry-rig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jerry-rig. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jerry-rig,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jerry-rig.

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