Definition of "jerry-rig" []

• To jury-rig. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If we really want to combine an economic boost and a progressive tax change, making the payroll tax progressive would be far easier and more effective than trying to jerry-rig a progressive consumption tax."
• "I imagine COngress will do a combination of 3 things to jerry-rig SS for another 10 or so years."
• "He has to love a candidate before he'll jerry-rig his sound system."