To repair or modify an existing mechanism, such as an automobile or Apple computer, with no professional training, knowledge, or ability. Often results in rendering the object useless and/or ineffective.
The air conditioning in the Santa Fe didn't seem to work, so he just Burkerigged under the hood. The only problem is that now the air conditioning still doesn't work and the car can only turn left.
2. The doorman at a strip club who gets you into the club without telling you the real price of the drinks. Or a person that hypes you into a deal without disclosing the true cost of entry.
That bourbon street barker got me into the club, and his barkering cost me big time. He's a barker convincing me it would cost $20, but once he got me inside it cost me $100.
Verbally pretending by deceit to induce someone into a situation where the Barker knows a concealment but seduces the unknowing person into a situation with a fast talk and false bravado.
He sold me with his confident barkering and I failed to see he was just a fraud that caused me problems.