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Definition of MacGyver
MacGyver
verb
- to solve a problem in a creative, resourceful, typically "jury-rigged" fashion. Can be used as an adjective to describe such a solution. Also MacGyverism, the noun form.
Let me MacGyver that real quick.
Fred McGyvered his way out of being grounded.
That shit is MacGyver.
That's quite a MacGyverism!
- See more words with the same meaning: to fix.
Last edited on Apr 16 1998. Submitted by Kaseem from Lancaster, PA, USA on Apr 16 1998.
- a quick or temporary fix-it job.
That mechanic totally MacGyvered my car.
- See more words with the same meaning: to fix.
Last edited on Aug 12 1998. Submitted by Jewels D. from Pordenone (Friuli-Venezia Giulia), Italy on Aug 12 1998.
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.
- See more words with the same meaning: TV, television.
Last edited on Apr 16 1998. Submitted by Kaseem from Lancaster, PA, USA on Apr 16 1998.
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| Definitions include: The BBC: British Broadcasting Company. | |
| Definitions include: a person without cable television. | |
| Definitions include: television. | |
| Definitions include: a television. | |
| Definitions include: "television". | |
| Definitions include: a long time. | |
| Definitions include: a joke from a comedy routine. | |
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| Definitions include: to get one's life in order. | |
| Definitions include: to put in order. | |
| Definitions include: a mechanic, originally on motorcycles, but now any kind of repairman. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "fixed that for you". | |
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| Definitions include: a person who can make a marijuana smoking device out of whatever objects happen to be nearby. | |
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