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Makeshift

//ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

    "They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter."

Adjective
  1. 1
    done or made using whatever is available wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.

    "And I am not a model clergyman—only a decent makeshift."

  2. 2
    A rogue; a shifty person. obsolete

    "Greene the coneycatcher, of this dream the author, / For his dainty devise deserveth the halter. / A rakehell, a makeshift, a scribbling fool; / A famous bayard in city and school: / Now sick as a dog, and ever brain-sick, / Where such a raving and desperate Dick?"

  3. 3
    something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Deverbal from make shift. First appears c. 1554, in the publications of H. Hilarie.

Etymology 2

Deverbal from make shift. First appears c. 1554, in the publications of H. Hilarie.

Etymology 3

1560s. From make + shift.

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