About The Word Jury-rigged
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Jury-rigged
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What's The Definition Of Jury-rigged?
[adj] done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Jury-rigged: impermanent | improvised | makeshift | temporary Related Terms | Find terms related to Jury-rigged: ad hoc | ad libitum | ad-lib | band-aid | extemporaneous | extemporary | extempore | impromptu | improvisational | improvisatorial | improvise | improvised | improviso | makeshift | makeshifty | offhand | off-the-cuff | provisional | stopgap | temporary | tentative | unrehearsed See Also | Jury-rigged In Webster's Dictionary \Ju"ry-rigged`\, a. (Naut.)
Rigged for temporary service. See {Jury}, a.
\Ju"ry-rigged`\, a. (Naut.) Rigged for temporary service. |
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