Jury-rig Definition

jo͝orē-rĭg

jury-rigs

verb

To rig or assemble for temporary emergency use; improvise.

The survivors of the wreck jury-rigged some fishing gear.

American Heritage

(nautical) To make an improvised rigging or assembly from whatever is available.

Wiktionary

To create a makeshift, ad hoc solution from resources at hand.

Wiktionary

To rig a jury; to engage in jury rigging (that is, jury tampering); to improperly influence jurors, or the selection of jurors, such that they return a certain result.

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Alternative spelling of jury-rig.

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noun

(nautical) An improvised rigging.

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Alternative spelling of jury-rig.

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Other Word Forms of Jury-rig

Noun

Singular:

jury-rig

Plural:

jury-rigs

Origin of Jury-rig

From jury-rig, jury-rigging improvised rigging on a ship modeled on jury-mast temporary mast perhaps ultimately from Old French ajurie help from aider to help aid

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From jurymast + rig.

From Wiktionary
See jury, rig.

From Wiktionary