MacGyver
/məˈɡʌɪvə/verb [with object] US informal
Make or repair (an object) in an improvised or inventive way, making use of whatever items are at hand: he MacGyvered a makeshift jack with a log he has a shock of short red hair and a pair of rectangular-framed glasses MacGyvered with duct tape...
- An hour after we headed out to sea, Toby had remedied our predicament by MacGyvering a replacement from plumbing parts and rope.
- She mastered the at of MacGyvering some clothes out of whatever you can steal from somebody else's tent.
- I know you're laughing, but you have no idea how many things I've "MacGyvered" with paper clips.
Origin
1990s: from Angus MacGyver, the lead character in the television series MacGyver (1985–1992), who often made or repaired objects in an improvised way.
- tintype
- tinware
- tin whistle
- tiny
- -tion
- tip
- tip-and-run
- tipcat
- tipi
- tipicity
- tip-in
- tip-off
- tip one's hand
- tip one's hat (or cap)
- tip (or drop or turn) the bucket on
- tip (or turn) the scales
- tip (or turn) the scales at
- tip (or turn) the scales (or balance)
- Tippecanoe River
- tipper
- Tipperary
- tipper truck
- tippet
- Tippett, Sir Michael
- Tippex