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Definition of "jury-rigged" []

  • Simple past tense and past participle of jury-rig. (verb)
  • Improvised from whatever is available (adjective)

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Use "jury-rigged" in a sentence
  • "All patched up and jury-rigged and decaying while you watch."
  • "The other figure was female, decked in bluish body armor that looked jury-rigged, as if she changed its dimensions constantly."
  • "When they became too raucous, and started tearing apart their jury-rigged indoor cardboard nest, we built a coop in the yard."