(US) A building constructed around a frame of timbers / (US) A similar building in which metal poles are used instead of timbers

Alternative spelling of jerrybuilt

(Britain, Australia, banking) A type of financial institution which traditionally was based on lending money (as mortgages) to society members to buy houses, from other members pooled savings and/or money borrowed wholesale.

Obsolete form of buy.

(Australia, Canada, Britain, US, New Zealand, simile, idiomatic, colloquial, mildly vulgar) (of a man) Having a muscular body, particularly with well developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals.

The practice of climbing buildings as a recreational activity.

A member of any of several Native American peoples who constructed large mounds for ceremonial or burial purposes. / A megapode.

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of build

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of build

(literally) A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.