Jerry

proper noun

1. 1

   A diminutive of the male given names Gerald, Gerard, Jeremy, Jeremiah, Jared, Jerome, Jermaine, Jerrold, or similar male given names.

   ..."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."

   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.

2. 2

   A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine or Jerilyn.

3. 3

   An unincorporated community in Asotin County, Washington, United States; named for early rancher Jerry McGuire.

noun

1. 1

   Variant of jerryAlternative letter-case form of jerry (“a chamber pot”).

proper noun

1. 1

   datedA personification of the German people.

   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.

noun

1. 1

   datedA German, particularly a male German.

   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.

Forms

plural

Jerrys, Jerries