kluge

/kluหdส’/

IPA: /K L UW1 JH/

verb
  1. 1

    To build or use a kludge.

noun
  1. 1

    Something that should not work, but does.

  2. 2

    A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kludge, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kluge