jury-rig

• jury rig

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʊə.ɹi ɹɪɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʊɹ.i ɹɪɡ/, /ˈdʒɛɹ.i ɹɪɡ/

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From jury (“for temporary use”, adjective) + rig.

jury-rig (third-person singular simple present jury-rigs, present participle jury-rigging, simple past and past participle jury-rigged)

1. (nautical, transitive) To make an improvised rigging or assembly from whatever is available.
2. (transitive) To create a makeshift, ad hoc solution from resources at hand.

• jerry-rig
• kludge out
• MacGyver
• nigger-rig (offensive)

• jury-rigged

• cobble together
• knock together

jury-rig (plural jury-rigs)

1. (nautical) An improvised rigging.

• MacGyver
• hack

See jury, rig.

jury-rig (third-person singular simple present jury-rigs, present participle jury-rigging, simple past and past participle jury-rigged)

1. To rig a jury; to engage in jury rigging (that is, jury tampering); to improperly influence jurors, or the selection of jurors, such that they return a certain result.