Definitions for: Makeshift


[n] something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
[adj] done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"



Webster (1913) Definition: Make"shift`, n.
That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.
--James Mill.

I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift.
--G. Eliot.

Synonyms: impermanent, improvised, jury-rigged, stopgap, temporary

See Also: expedient

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