/mayk"shift'/ , n.
1. a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
adj.
2. Also, makeshifty . serving as, or of the nature of, a makeshift.
[ 1555-65; n., adj. use of v. phrase make shift ]
Syn. 1. make-do, contrivance, jury-rig. 2. emergency, temporary, improvised, jury, ersatz.