Meanings
adjectivejury-rigged (comparative more jury-rigged, superlative most jury-rigged)
comparative more jury-rigged · superlative most jury-rigged
- Improvised from whichever material is available.
Synonyms: makeshift
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of jury-rig
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveImprovised from whichever material is available.
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More synonyms by meaning
adjectivedone or made using whatever is available
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian скалъпен, стъкмен
- скалъпен (skalăpen)improvised
- стъкмен (stăkmen)improvised
Chinese Mandarin 因陋就簡的 /因陋就简的, 就地取材的
- 因陋就簡的 /因陋就简的 (yīnlòujiùjiǎn de)improvised
- 就地取材的 (jiùdìqǔcái de)improvised
- 简易的 (jiǎnyì de)improvised
- 臨時搭建的 /临时搭建的 (línshí dājiàn de)improvised
- 臨時代用的 /临时代用的 (línshí dàiyòng de)improvised
- 湊合的 /凑合的 (còuhe de)improvised
Finnish kyhätty, viritetty
- kyhättyimprovised
- viritettyimprovised
French bricolé
- bricoléimprovised
German notdürftig, improvisiert
- notdürftigimprovised
- improvisiertimprovised
Latin tumultuārius
- tumultuāriusimprovised
Polish improwizowany
- improwizowanyimprovised
Russian импровизированный
- импровизированный (improvizirovannyj)improvised
Turkish eğreti
- eğretiimprovised
Cite this entry
APA
jury-rigged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jury-rigged
MLA
“jury-rigged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jury-rigged. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jury-rigged,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jury-rigged.
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