Jury-rig is a verb that means to construct in a makeshift manner.

Our word of the day has its orin in Middle English where it means ‘to improvise.’ When we jury-rig something we create it or ‘rig’ it on the spot with no plan of action.

An example of its use is: When camping in the woods, we had to improvise a way to carry everything to the car, so we wrapped everything up in the tent. Using your tent as a makeshift backpack is the kind of improvising that brings out the creativity of campers.