Definition of MacGyver
MacGyver 
verb
- to solve a problem in a creative, resourceful, typically "jury-rigged" fashion. Origin: the television
show MacGyver, whose protagonist escaped difficult situations in creative ways, using whatever
items were at hand. For example: repairing a cut fuel line with a ball-point pen. Can be used as an adjective to
describe such a solution. Also MacGyverism, the noun form.
Let me MacGyver that real quick.
That shit is MacGyver.
That's quite a MacGyverism!
Submitted by Kaseem, Lancaster, PA, USA, Apr 16 1998.
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