rejigger

[ ree-jig-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, Informal.

to change or rearrange in a new or different way, especially by the use of techniques not always considered ethical.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rejigger¹

First recorded in 1940–45; re- + jigger ¹

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Example Sentences

The iPhone maker has been effectively absent in working with publishers to rejigger their advertising businesses around Safari’s limitations.

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Paul might’ve had a sense he wanted a certain type of geeky kid, but when we met Samm Levine and he did impressions of William Shatner in the audition, he said, “I’m going to rejigger how this group works with this kid being a part of it.”

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