jerrybuild verb3 •To assemble a project in a hasty, sloppy manner, especially using cheap, inferior or improvised materials.Evolution, for example, isn't rational—and it jerry-builds our bodies. — 1999 •To assemble a structure in such an unsafe manner that it is doomed to collapse. •To repair a structure in a sloppy or unsafe manner. formsjerrybuilt · jerrybuilding · jerrybuilds