Verb (used with object) : to jury-rig stage lights using automobile headlights. ,We jury-rigged a fore-topmast after the storm had snapped ours off. From Dictionary.com.
On Dec. 16 they jury-rigged their final contraption. From Wordnik.com. [The Transistor] Reference
Some of these jury-rigged vessels have actually worked. From Wordnik.com. [Cuban tries crossing on Styrofoam boat] Reference
Other jury-rigged affairs synthesized much of their food. From Wordnik.com. [Badge of Infamy] Reference
What does he do then with his hideously jury-rigged organs?. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Kelly: McCain Has Mole-Like Skin Removed] Reference
That didn't rule out jury-rigged weaponry or a faked signal. From Wordnik.com. [Phule me twice]
The jury-rigged goblins pondered momentarily, then caught on. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
Sisko paused in front of Dax's jury-rigged engineering panel. From Wordnik.com. [Time's Enemy]
Anna demanded as she stooped and pushed under the jury-rigged shelters. From Wordnik.com. [Firestorm]
At the west end was a jury-rigged partition of woven branches and cloth. From Wordnik.com. [Wellspring of Chaos]
"I wouldn't call our friends vassals, or say the system was jury-rigged,". From Wordnik.com. [Victory] Reference
Though so often elegant, evolution can also be jury-rigged and provisional. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
They had jury-rigged the entire mess so that it stuck together on the old heap. From Wordnik.com. [Code Three] Reference
From the outside, the country looks as jury-rigged as Kaarlye's recording setup. From Wordnik.com. [Saying a Poem for Peace] Reference
Dax swung around and tapped the command into her jury-rigged engineering controls. From Wordnik.com. [Time's Enemy]
He, of course, is actually driving along in this kind of jury-rigged Hummer with a. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2005] Reference
The launcher had been jury-rigged from a ship's jump-space generator; that was obvious. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
Here are the facts ~ Using the government's jury-rigged CPI, inflation is running at 4%. From Wordnik.com. [BUSH STILL AWOL ON THE ECONOMY] Reference
It is essential that we do not risk health care reform with a jury-rigged financing system. From Wordnik.com. [Rep. Earl Blumenauer: The Case for Broad-based Health Care Funding] Reference
This was a jury-rigged effort, the best he could think of under the pressures of the moment. From Wordnik.com. [Split Infinity]
He'd jury-rigged a kind of control on the hull field, so he could aim the hulk easily enough. From Wordnik.com. [The Measure of a Man] Reference
At least she had no fear of the glider falling apart, however jury-rigged the thing might be. From Wordnik.com. [Enchantment]
D. Anderson Cancer Center announced that they had jury-rigged viruses to carry healthy p53 genes. From Wordnik.com. [The Cancer Killer] Reference
With a jury-rigged line and in such bad conditions, three deckhands and motorman could not succeed. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty Ton Line] Reference
For years the federal tax code was jury-rigged by Texas pols to protect the oil-depletion allowance. From Wordnik.com. [Political Lives: California Vs. Texas] Reference
The rest carried only canvas packs slung over their shoulders, jury-rigged bags hanging from one strap. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
A medical helicopter crashed, one paramedic survived, and Carmona rescued him with a jury-rigged harness. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2002] Reference
Recalling a movie, he jury-rigged a compass by floating a metal needle on a bit of wood floating in water. From Wordnik.com. [Survivor] Reference
Doug leaned awkwardly forward, stomach resting atop his knees, keeping his weight off the jury-rigged seat. From Wordnik.com. [Fasting to a Comfortable Death] Reference
Titan jury-rigged the ship's own 198-ton cranes and used those instead — no long-distance transport needed. From Wordnik.com. [High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace] Reference
“New rudders can be jury-rigged,” said Crozier, fighting the urge to grind his teeth and clench his fists. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
“How long until your jury-rigged timer activates the Device?” asked Orphu, although he must have known himself. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
"" Prices are so jury-rigged in this market, '' says Eileen Makoff, an analyst for Morningstar, a mutual-fund newsletter. From Wordnik.com. [Read It And Weep] Reference
High up in the crude, jury-rigged lavatory there was a small window that served as a vent in the absence of proper plumbing. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble Magnet]
MCINTYRE: The Pentagon admits it was caught short last year and that some soldiers have jury-rigged their own armor in the past. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2004] Reference
He was on the Amity, with jury-rigged weapons and an unskilled crew, facing an enemy the Starforce's planners had never dreamed of. From Wordnik.com. [Warhorse]
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