A diminutive of the male given names Gerald or Gerard.
Used in a Sentence
gerry
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for gerry.
Editorial note
I still remember a story I heard Gerry Sussman tell about Marvin, from when Gerry was a grad student.
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Definitions3
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Quick take
A diminutive of the male given names Gerald or Gerard.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of gerry gathered in one view.
A diminutive of the female given name Geraldine.
A surname.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for gerry.
noun
A diminutive of the male given names Gerald or Gerard.
noun
A diminutive of the female given name Geraldine.
noun
A surname.
Example sentences
I still remember a story I heard Gerry Sussman tell about Marvin, from when Gerry was a grad student.
Eternal World Television Network, Rasta Livewire and the Gerry Tobin Irish Language School is a great collection of links?
Mind you, mentioning that there is an Irish guy called Gerry Adams might be - but that's getting a bit off topic.
We should learn more from the NI peace process; in some ways the new anti-extremism policy reminds me of when Gerry Adams couldn't speak on TV.
Guy Steele is a genuine programming language expert who designed Scheme with Gerry Sussman, wrote the standard common lisp texts, the C reference manual and so on.
Abelson's collaborator, Gerry Sussman, is oft seen sporting one.
Can someone please introduce Gerry Brown to Elon?
I think of the Gerry Rafferty album City to City which is all hee haw music that sounds the same except for the hit tracks.
I also recall Gerry Sussman speaking quite highly of Algol 60.
Non-fiction: Gerry Weinberg's _Secrets of Consulting_.
> Can someone please introduce Gerry Brown to Elon?
Quote examples
As Gerry Sussman says, "once you can name a spirit, you have power over it."
Even Marvin Minsky thought he could get his undergrad Gerry Sussman to “spend the summer linking a camera to a computer and getting the computer to describe what it saw”.
Minsky said, "Well, it has them, it's just that you don't know what they are." It was the most profound thing Gerry Sussman had ever heard.
It'll probably be slightly offensive to him, but every time I read "Chris Anderson", I think of "Gerry Anderson"...
Proper noun examples
Gerry Giraffe doesn't depend on Kramer Koala.
Yes, I know, I was being ironical Gerry.
I don't think they did Mainland UK was left largely alone, although the news was subject to bizarre censorship (Gerry Adams having to speak through a proxy, for example) and they took all the bins out of railway stations.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use gerry in a sentence?
I still remember a story I heard Gerry Sussman tell about Marvin, from when Gerry was a grad student.
What does gerry mean?
A diminutive of the male given names Gerald or Gerard.
What part of speech is gerry?
gerry is commonly used as noun.