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jury-rigged
ju·ry-rig J5091800 (jo͝or′ē-rĭg′)tr.v. ju·ry-rigged, ju·ry-rig·ging, ju·ry-rigs To rig or assemble for temporary emergency use; improvise: The survivors of the wreck jury-rigged some fishing gear.
[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; see aid.]Usage Note: Traditionally, to jury-rig means "to assemble for temporary, emergency use; to improvise," whereas to jerry-build means "to build shoddily, flimsily, and cheaply." The connotations are different, with jury-rig emphasizing the impromptu nature of the construction and jerry-build its inferior nature. Because improvised construction is often shoddy, however, the words are sometimes conflated in common usage, and sometimes combined into the hybrid jerry-rig. In our 2015 survey, the Usage Panel slightly preferred jerry-rig to jury-rig in a sentence involving improvised construction, but they appear to feel strongly that jerry-build implies shoddiness rather than improvisation: only 19 percent accepted After the earthquake, people jerry-built ingenious devices for cooking and washing. A careful writer will use jury-rig or jerry-rig for improvised contraptions and jerry-build for shoddy ones, but because of the potential for confusion, one should also make sure that the meaning is clear in context before using any of these terms.jury-rigged adj (Nautical Terms) chiefly nautical set up in a makeshift manner, usually as a result of the loss of regular gear Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | jury-rigged - 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"improvised, makeshiftimpermanent, temporary - not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing" |
jury-rigged
jury-rigged Chiefly nautical set up in a makeshift manner, usually as a result of the loss of regular gear jury-rigged
Related to jury-rigged: jerry-built, jerry-riggedSynonyms for jury-riggedadj done or made using whatever is availableSynonymsRelated Words |