duct-tape fix
Makeshift patch job
A duct-tape fix is a hasty, improvised repair that addresses an immediate problem without solving it properly—functional but inelegant, likely temporary.
From the handyman's habit of using duct tape to hold things together when better solutions aren't available: The code is held together with duct-tape fixes.
The term applies beyond physical repairs to software patches, policy workarounds, and any stopgap measure that works well enough for now.
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- jerry-riggedCrudely assembled from scraps
- kludgeAwkward but functional solution
- bandaidAdhesive wound covering
- patchMaterial covering damage
bubble gum and baling wire · temporary · quick and dirty · improvised · hack · workaround · bodge · MacGyver · shade tree mechanic · slapdash · stopgap · cobbled · held together · sticky · silver · redneck · repair · emergency
- makeshift repairstemp fix, emergency fix, field repair
- shoddinessslipshod, slapdash, hack job, botch job, botch
- improvisationimprovised, impromptu, ad lib, freestyle, ad-lib