makeshift
pronunciation
How to pronounce makeshift in British English:
UK [ˈmeɪkʃɪft]
How to pronounce makeshift in American English:
US [ˈmeɪkʃɪft]
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- Noun:
- something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
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- Adjective:
- done or made using whatever is available
Word Origin
- makeshift
- makeshift: see shift
- makeshift
- also make-shift, 1560s, as a noun, "shifty person, rogue," from make (v.) + shift (v.). Adjectival sense of "substitute" is first recorded 1680s. Compare make-sport "a laughing stock" (1610s).
Example
- 1. Makeshift cookers also catch fire easily , maiming and killing .
- 2. Children play a makeshift game with their sandals .
- 3. Makeshift tracks were laid on the streets to speed up rubble removal .
- 4. Namie 's town hall has decamped to makeshift offices in nihonmatsu .
- 5. A third are displaced and many live in makeshift plastic shelters .