jury-rigged

British  

adjective

1. nautical set up in a makeshift manner, usually as a result of the loss of regular gear

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Example Sentences

He’s jury-rigged a burglar alarm with foam so it makes a clattering sound loud enough for the neighbor’s Ring camera to pick up, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

Some A/Cs, like the one I’m testing, rest on jury-rigged hardware-store brackets; others lean on stacks of wood, or brick, or, in one case, a rock—their owners improvising to keep cool.

From Slate • Aug. 12, 2023

The entire film feels jury-rigged as if every action sequence — and there are too few of them — is designed by an algorithm rather than a human.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023

So Mr. Holden jury-rigged a food-laden steel trap with a trip wire dangling from his second-story apartment.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

Everyone in the neighborhood was so full of their own cleverness at having jury-rigged a solution to the Tap-Out.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman