jerrycummumble

== English == === Alternative forms === jerrymumble === Etymology === jerry from jerry or Jerry. Similar to jerry-built or "jerry-sneak". Possibly taken from Jerry, a nickname for Germans. jerrycummumble and its alternative jerrymumble possibly made to rhyme with fumble, rumble, or tumble. Potentially related to "jerry-cum-fumble". Its earliest documented usage is 1709, but Green's Dictionary exemplifies frequent usage of the term between 1785 and 1834. === Verb === jerrycummumble (third-person singular simple present jerrycummumbles, present participle jerrycummumbling, simple past and past participle jerrycummumbled) (UK, slang) To shake, towzle, or tumble about; to jumble, shake, toss, or get into a muddle. Synonym: jerrymumble === References ===