rig

Plural: rigs

Noun

• gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
• a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
• formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
• a set of clothing (with accessories)
• gear used in fishing
• a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
• The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
• Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
• A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
• The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
• A costume or an outfit.
• A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
• An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
• Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
• Equipment used for taking recreational drugs.
• A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
• A ridge.
• A wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
• A promiscuous woman.
• A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
• A blast of wind.
• An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.

Verb

Verb Forms: rigged, rigging, rigs

• To equip with specific gear or prepare for use.
• arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
  • "rig an election"
• manipulate in a fraudulent manner
  • "rig prices"
• connect or secure to
  • "They rigged the bomb to the ignition"
• equip with sails or masts
  • "rig a ship"
• To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
• To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
• To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
• To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
• To dress or clothe in some costume.
• To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
• To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
• To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
• To outfit a model with controls for animation.
• To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.

Examples

• Every rig at the truckstop had custom-made mud-flaps.
• He tried to RIG the game by subtly hiding a good tile, but his opponent caught him.
• My sister and I always made our own rigs for Halloween.
• rig up a makeshift shelter
• The climbers each had a different rig for climbing that particular rockface.
• to rig an election
• To rig such massive equipment requires experienced riggers

Synonyms

articulated lorry, carriage, cheat, equipage, fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, getup, manipulate, outfit, rigging, semi, set, set up, swindle, tackle, tractor trailer, trailer truck, trucking rig, turnout, harlotize, semiring, swing

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