knocked together
Crudely thrown together
Knocked together describes something assembled hastily or roughly, without much care for quality or finish.
A bookshelf knocked together from scrap lumber gets the job done but won't win any craftsmanship awards.
We knocked together a quick meal from whatever was in the fridge.
The phrase suggests improvisation and expediency rather than skill—functional but crude, adequate but unpolished.
- cobbledSurfaced with rounded stones
- assembledBrought together as group
- buildCreate a structure
- constructedBuilt or assembled
- jury-riggedTemporarily fixed with scraps
rushed · improvised · quick and dirty · cheap and nasty · fabricated · makeshift · patched · patched up · brainstormed · hacked · flimsy · bodged · erected · temporary · rudimentary · slapdash · rough and ready · pieced
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