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jury-rigged

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Improvised from whichever material is available.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: makeshift

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of jury-rig

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

done or made using whatever is available

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • crossed the river on improvised bridges
  • the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear
  • the rock served as a makeshift hammer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: improvised, makeshift

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From jury-rig + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: скалъпен (skalǎpen) — improvised
  • Bulgarian: стъкмен (stǎkmen) — improvised
  • Chinese Mandarin: 因陋就簡的 /因陋就简的 (yīnlòujiùjiǎn de) — improvised
  • Chinese Mandarin: 就地取材的 (jiùdìqǔcái de) — improvised
  • Chinese Mandarin: 简易的 (jiǎnyì de) — improvised
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臨時搭建的 /临时搭建的 (línshí dājiàn de) — improvised
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臨時代用的 /临时代用的 (línshí dàiyòng de) — improvised
  • Chinese Mandarin: 湊合的 /凑合的 (còuhe de) — improvised
  • Finnish: kyhätty — improvised
  • Finnish: viritetty — improvised
  • French: bricolé — improvised
  • German: notdürftig — improvised
  • German: improvisiert — improvised
  • Latin: tumultuārius — improvised
  • Polish: improwizowany — improvised
  • Russian: импровизированный (improvizirovannyj) — improvised
  • Turkish: eğreti — improvised