rejig

present singular third person rejigs · participle present rejigging · participle past rejigged · past rejigged

1. UKtransitiveTo rearrange or tweak (something), especially in order to improve it or make it suitable for some purpose.

   They simply cannot deliver what they promised. Nor will an affronted, alienated Brussels help them do so. Rejigged single market access? Forget it.

   2017 March 25, “The Observer view on triggering article 50”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 May 2023

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   The rejigged visiting defence was quickly under pressure, Dean Shiels played a neat one-two with Zdenek Kroca and only a brave Peter Enckelman save at the feet of the Northern Irishman prevented an opening goal.

   2011 October 1, Clive Lindsay, “Kilmarnock 1 – 2 St Johnstone”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2023

   The DfT's help didn't extend beyond the train operating companies (TOCs) for which it is responsible. Open access operators were left apart, and this forced Hull Trains to suspend its entire service. In turn, LNER had to rejig its timetables to fill the void and keep Hull served.

   2020 April 8, Philip Haigh, “Out of the Current Crisis We could See Meaningful Changes”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 56

   Synonyms: refashion, rejigger, rejiggle

2. UKdatedtransitiveTo provide (a place, etc.) with new equipment or machinery; to reequip, to refit.
3. UKtransitivebusinessTo separate or sort (ore) again in a jigger or sieve.

plural rejigs

1. UKtransitiveA rearrangement, a reorganization.

   Synonyms: rejigging, reshuffle, restructuring