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rig
[ rig ]
verb (used with object)
- Chiefly Nautical.
- to put in proper order for working or use.
- to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc.
- to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
- to manipulate fraudulently:
Two leading companies in the industry were fined for rigging prices.
- to assemble, install, or prepare (often followed by up ).
- to furnish or provide with equipment, clothing, etc.; fit (usually followed by out or up ):
The ground crew rigged us out in leather helmets and bomber jackets.
noun
- the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- apparatus for some purpose; equipment; outfit; gear:
Bring your rod and reel and all the rest of your fishing rig.
This other PC over here is my main gaming rig.
- Also called drill rig. the equipment used in drilling an oil well.
- any combination trucking unit in which vehicles are hooked together, as a tractor-trailer.
- any kind of truck.
- a carriage, buckboard, sulky, or wagon together with the horse or horses that draw it.
- Informal. costume or dress, especially when odd or conspicuous, or when designated for a particular purpose:
He looks quite nifty in a butler's rig.
verb phrase
- to equip or set up for use.
- Nautical. to place in an inactive state, stowing all lines, tackles, and other removable parts.
rig
1/ rɪɡ /
verb
- nautical to equip (a vessel, mast, etc) with (sails, rigging, etc)
- nautical to set up or prepare ready for use
- to put the components of (an aircraft, etc) into their correct positions
- to manipulate in a fraudulent manner, esp for profit
to rig an election
to rig prices
noun
- nautical the distinctive arrangement of the sails, masts, and other spars of a vessel
- the installation used in drilling for and exploiting natural oil and gas deposits In fulldrilling rig
an oil rig
- apparatus or equipment; gear
- an amateur radio operator's transmitting and receiving set
- a carriage together with one or more horses
- an articulated lorry
rig
2/ rɪɡ /
noun
- dialect.a ridge or raised strip of unploughed land in a ploughed field
Other Words From
- outrig verb (used with object) outrigged outrigging
- over·rigged adjective
- under·rigged adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of rig1
Word History and Origins
Origin of rig1
Origin of rig2
Example Sentences
A tugboat improbably sits high on the bank, obscured by tall grass, a broken oil rig hangs over the water nearby.
Blue Book on this rig is about $750,000, and we got it for nothing.
The son walked alongside the fire rig that bore the flag-covered coffin.
You do that to a certain extent with performance capture by the way you calibrate the model of Caesar—or the rig, as we call it.
What if a wind turbine could help make an oil rig work more efficiently?
Eve looked very pretty in her skating rig, and she was a splendid skater, too.
Smith: No, my lud—ve're the rig'lar chimbly sveeps vot sveeps his ludship's chimblys.
The rig drew up with a rush in front of the gate, and the two officers dropped out.
Instead of using the doctor's rig for the return to town, the officers appropriated the red roadster.
She hired a rig of a livery-stable keeper, who said he could not possibly take her beyond the Indian agency.
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