Jerry is...

* Jerry Smith
* A male first name.
* A nickname for males and females. Most commonly used as a diminutive form of male names Gerald, Gerard, Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerome and female name Geraldine. (When used for names beginning with 'G', the nickname is sometimes spelled 'Gerry'.)
* Ben & Jerry's ice cream
* Jerry Garcia
* Jerry Lewis
* Jerry Springer
* Jerry Seinfeld
* Jerry Seinfeld's fictional TV pilot featured in his show Seinfeld
* Jerry Yan of the Taiwanese boyband F4
* A cartoon mouse in Tom and Jerry
*Jerry was a World War II-era nickname for Nazi Germany or its armed forces. See also Charlie and Ivan.
** A Jerry can is a flat-walled metal fuel tank of an originally German design.^{http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=jerrycan&x=0&y=0}
** In English slang the term Jerry can also refers to a person who might more commonly be called a fool or idiot.
* A chamber pot (19th century slang). (Similar to the slang term "john" for flush toilet, or from "jeroboam", an oversized bowl or bottle.)
* Possibly connected to "jerry-built" (origin 19th Century UK slang) and to "jerry-rigged" (better "jury-rigged").

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