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# jerry

«jerry» in Mova's school dictionary: **a boy's or man's name, often short for Gerald or Jeremy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Jerry — a name; jerry, as in jerry can, jerry cans)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Jerry is a boy's or man's name, often short for Gerald or Jeremy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jerry/#m1)

2) A jerry can is a flat metal or plastic can for carrying fuel or water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jerry/#m2)

3) Jerry is the mouse in the cartoon «Tom and Jerry». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jerry/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, a name of a person in the story only; rarely a can that holds litres. In everyday life and safety, a jerry can holds petrol for a car or water for camping; petrol must be kept away from fire. Phrases: «jerry can».

### examples

- Jerry has 15 stamps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jerry/#x1)
- Jerry gives 6 to Tom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jerry/#x2)
- A jerry can holds 20 litres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jerry/#x3)
- Jerry is my cousin from Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jerry/#x4)
- In the cartoon, Jerry the mouse always escapes from Tom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jerry/#x5)
- They took two jerry cans of water on the camping trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jerry/#x6)

### note

As a name, write it with a capital J: Jerry. A name only; no clue. Keep track of which amounts are Jerry's. In a jerry can problem, litres per can × cans gives the total.

### In the corpora

- [In Tom and Jerry, Tom crashes around the house after Jerry and never wins.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/2/)
- [And Tom and Jerry?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice/3/)
- [Tom never catches Jerry, cartoon cats lap saucers of milk, and they always land on their feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jerry» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jerry/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.