jury-rig
Improvise temporary repair
To jury-rig is to construct a makeshift repair or temporary fix using whatever materials are available.
The term comes from sailing, where a jury mast or jury-rigged sail replaced damaged rigging at sea.
Now it applies broadly to improvised solutions: We jury-rigged a shelter from tarps and branches.
Sometimes confused with jerry-rig or jerry-built, which suggest shoddy construction rather than resourceful improvisation.
- cobbleWorn stone for paths
- kludgeAwkward but functional solution
- contriveCreate through artifice
- fashionCurrent popular trend
hack · concoct · devise · scrounge · tinker · bodge · ad-lib · extemporize
Temporary substitute measure
- patchworkFabric scraps sewn together
- cobbledSurfaced with rounded stones
- botchedPoorly executed, spoiled
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
shoddy · slapdash · haphazard · ramshackle · rickety · thrown-together · slipshod · quick-and-dirty
Vessel's sail support
- dismastedStripped of sailing poles
- sailShip's wind-catching fabric
- halyardSail-hoisting tackle
- boomLoud deep sound
deck · rope · lashing · spar · yardarm · shroud · canvas · seamanship
Material covering damage
- fixRepair or solution
- mendRestore after damage
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
- restoreReturn to earlier state
workaround · remedy · reconstruct · rebuild · recondition · make-do
Clever, original thinking
- inventivenessCapacity for original creation
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- clevernessMental quickness and skill
- improviserOne who creates spontaneously
adaptability · problem-solving · quick-thinking · practicality · self-reliance · survivalist · scrappy · bootstrapping
MacGyver
fashion · hack · concoct · devise · scrounge · tinker · bodge · ad-lib · extemporize · finagle
stopgap
Temporary substitute measure
- patchworkFabric scraps sewn together
- cobbledSurfaced with rounded stones
- botchedPoorly executed, spoiled
crude · shoddy · slapdash · haphazard · ramshackle · rickety · thrown-together · slipshod · quick-and-dirty · rough-and-ready
mast
Vessel's sail support
boom · deck · rope · lashing · spar · yardarm · shroud · canvas · seamanship · vessel
patch
Material covering damage
restore · workaround · remedy · reconstruct · rebuild · recondition · make-do
ingenuity
Clever, original thinking
- inventivenessCapacity for original creation
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- clevernessMental quickness and skill
improviser · adaptability · problem-solving · quick-thinking · practicality · self-reliance · survivalist · scrappy · bootstrapping · necessity
- improviseimprovise, make do, wing it, ad-lib, cobble together
- shoddinessslipshod, slapdash, hack job, botch job, botch
- problem-solvingproblem solving, puzzles, riddles, logic, solutions
- improvisationimprovised, impromptu, ad lib, freestyle, ad-lib
- mechanical partsgears, levers, pulleys, bearings, springs
- hackslife hack, lifehack, shortcut, trick, workaround
jury-rigengineer
Technical design professional
craft · handcraft · manufacture · forge · restore
jury-rigdesign
Purposeful creative planning
future-proof · overengineer · plan · architect · establish
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