jury-rigging
Emergency temporary fix
Jury-rigging is improvising a temporary repair or solution using whatever materials are available.
The term comes from nautical use—a jury mast or jury rig was an emergency replacement assembled at sea when the original was damaged.
The practice extends to any makeshift fix: Some jury-rigging got the car running long enough to reach a mechanic.
The verb is jury-rig; the adjective is jury-rigged.
Temporary, improvised substitute
- cobbleWorn stone for paths
- kludgeAwkward but functional solution
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
- inventiveShowing original thought
ingenuity · creativity · ad-hoc · on-the-spot · jerry-built · lash-up · contrive · devise
Temporary substitute measure
- band-aidAdhesive strip for cuts
- expedientUseful if not ideal
- interimProvisional in-between phase
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
short-term · emergency · makeshift · substitute · placeholder · holdover · bridging · temporary
makeshift
Temporary, improvised substitute
- cobbleWorn stone for paths
- kludgeAwkward but functional solution
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
inventive · ingenuity · creativity · ad-hoc · on-the-spot · jerry-built · lash-up · contrive · devise · workaround
stopgap
Temporary substitute measure
provisional · short-term · emergency · makeshift · substitute · placeholder · holdover · bridging · temporary · precarious
patch
Material covering damage
splice · lash · bind · wire · tape · fasten · secure · reinforce · restore · salvage
rigging
Ropes controlling ship sails
cordage · spar · boom · halyard · shroud · dismasted · seafaring · sailing · shipboard · maritime
- Resourcefulnessresourcefulness, ingenuity, cleverness, inventiveness, problem-solving
- tinkeringfiddling, puttering, pottering, tweaking, dabbling
- workaroundsworkaround, workarounds, fixes, hacks, quick fix
- bargainsbargain, bargain hunting, discount store, coupon, rebate
- improvisingad-lib, ad-libbing, riff, riffing, jamming
- creative engineeringprototyping, brainstorming, design thinking, modular design, improvisation
jury-riggingprecision engineering
Manufacturing requiring extreme accuracy
justice, justify, jurisdiction, jurist, jury-rig, jury-rigged, jurymen