Usually means: Make or repair hastily, cheaply.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word jury-rig:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. jury-rig: Merriam-Webster
  2. jury-rig: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jury-rig: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jury-rig: Wordnik
  5. jury-rig: Wiktionary
  6. jury-rig: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. jury-rig: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. jury-rig: Dictionary.com
  9. Jury-rig: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. jury-rig: FreeDictionary.org
  11. jury-rig: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. jury-rig: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jury-rig: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jury-rig: Encyclopedia

(Note: See jury-rigged as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (nautical, transitive) To build an improvised rigging or assembly from whichever materials are available.
verb:  (transitive) To create a makeshift, ad hoc solution from resources at hand.
noun:  (nautical) An improvised rigging.
verb:  (slang, transitive) To rig a jury; to engage in jury tampering, to improperly influence jurors, or the selection of jurors, such that they deliver a certain verdict.

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