Crossword clues for makeshift
makeshift
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
makeshift \make"shift`\ (m[=a]k"sh[i^]ft`), n.
That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient, with
implication of inferiority to the more usual object or means.
--James Mill.
I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift.
--G. Eliot.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted. n. A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else.
WordNet
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" [syn: improvised, jury-rigged]
n. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency [syn: stopgap]
Wikipedia
Makeshift may refer to:
- Makeshift, an episode of Death Note
- Makeshift (Transformers), any of several Transformers characters
Makeshift is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers series, the latest one being a villainous Decepticon in the Transformers: Prime television series. With the exception of Transformers: Prime, all Makeshifts depicted are Mini-Cons.
Usage examples of "makeshift".
Charlie had rousted Angelina from her makeshift bed, and they were back on the trail.
Illvin hesitated, and Ista wondered if he thought of all the random breakage Porifors had suffered in the day past, and if this makeshift bridge was likewise vilely ensorcelled.
The rain drummed on what there was of the roof of their haramlek, and dripped down and pooled in the makeshift awnings, which burst in bucketloads down your neck if you bumped into them, and the mist drifted in at every direction through the paneless windows, and the mountains, most of the time, seemed to consist of cloud, or to have vanished entirely.
The rain drummed on what there was of the roof of their haramlek, and dripped down and pooled in the makeshift awnings, which burst in bucketloads down your neck if you bumped into them, and the mist drifted in from every direction through the paneless windows, and the mountains, most of the time, seemed to consist of cloud, or to have vanished entirely.
A few eyes had looked at him with interest, but when they touched on his makeshift star and coagulator, they had become blank with acceptance of things ordinary.
In the dark of night, the coughers were led from their hideout two at a time, and hustled to the makeshift sauna to spend an hour baking.
The six escapees darted for what they thought was a hidden booster plate at the base of the wall, five men and one woman piling onto the makeshift lifter.
Preach and tabulate as you will, the English palate--which is the supreme judge--rejects this farinaceous makeshift.
He took Flyte by the arm and hustled him through a door behind the makeshift platform on which the microphones stood.
Perhaps, on one ill-starred day, Larry had exited the makeshift groggery after wetting his whistle excessively and turned left instead of right.
He had a clear view of the congregation and he watched as, one by one, they passed behind the pulpit to pick up a hymnal, a jumpsuit, and a gas mask on their way to the makeshift pews.
Upon this makeshift stake Li had been impaled through back and breastbone, as if he had been hurled there by a titanic force.
He threwa makeshift bolt they had nailed to the door and shoved me inwith he stock of his rifle.
Harry watched jubilantly as the soldiers moved forward quickly now, one upon one, dropping into the large boats at the far end of the makeshift jetty.
Kopecz shook his head as he studied the battle plan Kaan had laid out on a makeshift table in the middle of his tent.