Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.
An amalgamated mass of unrelated parts.
An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before doing a finished design.
A badly written or makeshift piece of software; a hack.
To build or use a kludge.
A temporary solution; a stopgap measure.
A simple solution; an easy way out.