to cobble
21
5.3
- verb
- /ˈkɑbəl/
- Informal
:
improvisar
- -I have to cobble together a laser unit at the university to do it as well, sir.
- cobble together
So let's start with some cobbled together descriptions of the so-called mother wound.
- So let's start with some cobbled together descriptions of the so-called mother wound.
- So many people who choose to go to college cobble together savings, loans, financial aid, whatever it takes.
- But eventually we we cobbled up the financing through separate investors and got that all done.
- Like I did had to cobble my Celtic back together, but.
- Frankly, they, they, they were cobbled together and they have vast differences in religion and political outlooks and things like that.
- What we do with ethics is cobble together and kind of eclectic personal viewpoint out of these that you can use.
Examples
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Using old materials, she managed to cobble together a makeshift shelter for the storm.
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Some are sleek, fiberglass, futuristic; others have a more cobbled together, makeshift appearance.
Fiction book (1994) -
So thanks to him, I, I, I was able to sort of cobble together these thoughts.
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So many people who choose to go to college cobble together savings, loans, financial aid, whatever it takes.
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OK, so I cobbled together a tool.
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And then they'll, and then we'll sort of cobble together a working recipe.
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Well, I cobbled it together from bits and pieces.
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Throughout this period, the Social Democratic Party managed to cobble together minority governments with smaller centrist parties.
Academic text (1996) -
Left to his own devices, he'd managed to cobble together various part-time jobs.
Fiction book (1999) -
One surviving school, John Ehret, whose basketball team has been cobbled together with players from all over New Orleans eked out a victory in their first game of the season.
Synonyms
988
2.8
To make something by joining parts, like a model, plan or team
22
3.5
Make something quickly without much care or planning
16
5.2
Make something quickly and roughly from things you have
12
4.1
Put things like lights or a tent together quickly to use for a short time
3
6.0
Make something quickly without caring about details
1
4.9
Make something quickly that will not last long
1
6.5
To gather small amounts of money, food, or a few people with difficulty to do something
To make something quickly and roughly using what is available
To make something quickly and without care using what you have
Make something quickly and carelessly using what you have
To join parts quickly in a careless, temporary way
To make a clumsy temporary fix quickly
To get a small amount of something quickly with little money or time
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Well
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1.0
∞
1.0
169
2.9
- Informal
21
5.3
- Informal
2
7.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
The phrase cobble together comes from the idea of cobblers making rough repairs quickly, and it now means 'to make something quickly and roughly' using what is at hand. So when you cobble something together you build a fast, simple solution rather than a perfect one.