The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jury-rig \Ju"ry-rig`\, v. t. to rig for temporary service; to construct flimsily and in makeshift fashion. See Jury, a.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context nautical English) An improvised rigging. vb. 1 (context nautical transitive English) To make an improvised rigging or assembly from whatever is available. 2 (context transitive English) To create a makeshift, ad hoc solution from resources at hand. Etymology 2
vb. To rig a jury; to engage in jury rigging (that is, http://en.wikipedi
org/wiki/Jury%20tampering); to improperly influence jurors, or the selection of jurors, such that they return a certain result.
Usage examples of "jury-rig".
La Cucaracha was his own, and he kept half the crew busy opening the heat-sealed jets, doing jury-rig repairs, and making the vessel comparatively spaceworthy.
The mess on deck had been policed up, loose line secured and a jury-rigged forestay had been erected from the mainmast to the bowsprit.
High above them, Lapin sat on a jury-rigged scaffold, hands flat on her knees.
The only defenses Amalfi had been able to conceive and jury-rig for He depended importantly on actually being at the metagalactic center, able to make use of the almost instant number of weak resultant forces that could be used there to produce major responses-the buttercup-vs.
I gawk at the wiretaps, laptop, printer, code busters, phone phreaking equipment, and lots of other jury-rigged contraptions and punch-pads made from parts that must have once belonged to Pacific Bell.
By late that afternoon, Hal had five large dhows on tow behind the Golden Bough, and another seven sailing in company with him, under jury-rigging and with his prize crews aboard, as they headed back towards Mitsiwa.
Her hull was painted and ballasted, her decks were in place, and a temporary foremast had been jury-rigged, giving her the ability to crawl through the water before a following wind.
Either Woetjans thought she could jury-rig a mounting on the Ahura, or she was just making sure the gun wasn't in Ganser's hands while the Cinnabars were still in range.
In a ship like the Colonel Arabi, where so much was jury-rigged and none of it was of standard Manticoran design, Rovald's ability to troubleshoot unfamiliar systems was invaluable.
He knew everyone was worried about the jury-rigged anchors, fearful that either Lowell or the Arlington would break loose from its moorings and hurl itself across the ground, killing its occupants and crippling the mission.
Life boat davits had been jury-rigged to lower the barrels into the landing craft.
The pumps were going, a steady stream of water over both rails, and a set of pathetic jury-rigged sails were up, triangular swatches that looked as if a bunch of small sailboats were sitting on the big Down Easter's decks.
The pumps were going, a steady stream of water over both rails, and a set of pathetic jury-rigged sails were up, triangular swatches that looked as if a bunch of small sailboats were sitting on the big Down Easter’.
He's tryin' to jury-rig the electron microscope to get nanometer resolution.
He can fix a broken compressor, repair appliances, pick locks, jury-rig electrical power where there was none before, unclog a grease trap, find a breaker, fix a refrigerator door.