jury-rig
verb
ju·ry-rig
ˈju̇r-ē-ˌrig 
-ˈrig,
ˈjər-
jury-rigged; jury-rigging; jury-rigs
: to erect, construct, or arrange in a makeshift fashion
Examples of jury-rig in a Sentence
we jury-rigged shelves out of cartons and crates until we could afford real furniture
Recent Examples on the Web
Giger jury-rigged a connection between his bike pump and the microscope.
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Quanta Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
After arriving, Waters pointed a flashlight at a fuse box to jury-rig the generator’s connection.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
Giger jury-rigged a connection between his bike pump and the microscope.
—Molly Herring, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2025
Giger jury-rigged a connection between his bike pump and the microscope.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
After arriving, Waters pointed a flashlight at a fuse box to jury-rig the generator’s connection.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
But Ukraine’s military engineers have already shown surprising skill in jury-rigging older weapons systems with more modern firepower.
—Lara Jakes, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Amid those punishing strikes, Ukraine scrambled to stay ahead of mounting damage, with repair crews working around the clock and under fire, desperately jury-rigging old equipment and rationing precious power.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
Despite the extreme heat, butchers laid out raw meat on the hoods of their cars, whacking away flies with branches or fly swatters jury-rigged with plastic bags.
—Valerie Hopkins Emile Ducke, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
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Quanta Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
After arriving, Waters pointed a flashlight at a fuse box to jury-rig the generator’s connection.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
Giger jury-rigged a connection between his bike pump and the microscope.
—Molly Herring, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2025
Giger jury-rigged a connection between his bike pump and the microscope.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
After arriving, Waters pointed a flashlight at a fuse box to jury-rig the generator’s connection.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
But Ukraine’s military engineers have already shown surprising skill in jury-rigging older weapons systems with more modern firepower.
—Lara Jakes, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Amid those punishing strikes, Ukraine scrambled to stay ahead of mounting damage, with repair crews working around the clock and under fire, desperately jury-rigging old equipment and rationing precious power.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
Despite the extreme heat, butchers laid out raw meat on the hoods of their cars, whacking away flies with branches or fly swatters jury-rigged with plastic bags.
—Valerie Hopkins Emile Ducke, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
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“Jury-rig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jury-rig. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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