jury-rig

See also: jury rig

English

WOTD – 19 October 2009

Alternative forms

• jury rig

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʊə.ɹi ɹɪɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʊɹ.i ɹɪɡ/, /ˈdʒɛɹ.i ɹɪɡ/

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Etymology 1

From jury (“for temporary use”, adjective) + rig.

Verb

jury-rig (third-person singular simple present jury-rigs, present participle jury-rigging, simple past and past participle jury-rigged)

1. (nautical, transitive) To make an improvised rigging or assembly from whatever is available.
2. (transitive) To create a makeshift, ad hoc solution from resources at hand.

Synonyms

• jerry-rig
• kludge out
• MacGyver
• nigger-rig (offensive)

Derived terms

• jury-rigged

Translations

to make an improvised rigging

• Finnish: tehdä hätätakila

to create a makeshift solution

• Finnish: tehdä viritys, virittää (fi)
• French: avec sa bite et son couteau
• German: zusammenstoppeln (de), zusammenflicken (de), improvisieren (de), zusammenbasteln (de)
• Hungarian: összetákol (hu)
• Russian: сде́лать (ru) (sdélatʹ) на скорую ру́ку (ru) (na skoruju rúku)

See also

• cobble together
• knock together

Noun

jury-rig (plural jury-rigs)

1. (nautical) An improvised rigging.

Translations

improvised rigging

• Finnish: hätätakila, hätäriki
• French: gréement de fortune
• German: Notlösung (de) f, Flickwerk (de) n, Bastelwerk n

See also

• MacGyver
• hack

Etymology 2

See jury, rig.

Verb

jury-rig (third-person singular simple present jury-rigs, present participle jury-rigging, simple past and past participle jury-rigged)

1. To rig a jury; to engage in jury rigging (that is, jury tampering); to improperly influence jurors, or the selection of jurors, such that they return a certain result.