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Dictionary: rig   (rĭg) pronunciation
 
tr.v., rigged, rig·ging, rigs.
  1. To provide with a harness or equipment; fit out.
  2. Nautical.
    1. To equip (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
    2. To fit (sails or shrouds, for example) to masts and yards.
  3. Informal. To dress, clothe, or adorn: The costumer rigged out the actors in peasant clothing.
  4. To make or construct in haste or in a makeshift manner: rig up a tent for the night.
  5. To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain: rig a prizefight; rig stock prices.
n.
  1. Nautical. The arrangement of masts, spars, and sails on a sailing vessel.
  2. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
    1. A truck or tractor.
    2. A tractor-trailer.
    3. A vehicle with one or more horses harnessed to it.
  3. The special apparatus used for drilling oil wells.
  4. Western U.S. See saddle (sense 1).
  5. Informal. A costume or an outfit: wore an outlandish rig to the office.
  6. Fishing tackle.

[Middle English riggen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian rigga, to bind.]


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Thesaurus: rig
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verb

    To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose: accouter, appoint, equip, fit1, fit out (or up), furnish, gear, outfit, turn out. See give/take/reciprocity.

noun

  1. Things needed for a task, journey, or other purpose: accouterment (often used in plural), apparatus, equipment, gear, material (used in plural), materiel, outfit, paraphernalia, tackle, thing (used in plural), turnout. See means.
  2. A set or style of clothing: costume, dress, garb, guise, habiliment (often used in plural), outfit, turnout. Informal getup. See put on/take off.

 

v. rigged, rigging 1. make (a sailing ship or boat) ready for sailing by providing it with sails and rigging: the catamaran will be rigged as a ketch | (-rigged) a gaff-rigged cutter.

2. assemble and adjust (the equipment of a sailboat, aircraft, etc.) to make it ready for operation: most sails are kept ready rigged.

3. provide (someone) with clothes of a particular style or type: a cavalry regiment rigged out in green and gold.

n.

1. the particular way in which a sailboat's masts, sails, and rigging are arranged: the yacht will emerge from the yard with her original rig.

2. a person's costume, outfit, or style of dress: the rig of the Army Air Corps.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

 
Wikipedia: Rig
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Rig may refer to:

  • Rig (band), a musical group of the early 1970s
  • Rig, Afghanistan
  • Rig, the configuration of sails and other rigging on a sailing vessel
  • Rigging, in computer animation, grouping the elements of parts such as limbs in a 3D model: see Skeletal animation
  • Ríg (Norse god) or Heimdall, the father of mankind in Norse mythology
  • Radio Independents Group, the radio producers' trade organisation in the UK
  • RIG, the ticker symbol for Transocean Inc., an offshore drilling company
  • Rig, in skydiving, a parachute system
  • Rig, a horse-drawn carriage together with the horses and harness
  • Rigveda, in Hinduism, a sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the gods
  • Oil rig, a structure housing equipment used to drill or extract oil from underground
  • Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, a video game
  • Rig, in abstract algebra, a humorous name for a semiring, being a ring without negative elements (n)
  • Rig, in amateur radio, a transmitter, receiver, or transceiver
  • Rig, a partially castrated male livestock animal, especially in cattle or horses
  • Gaming rig, a PC built for high-performance gaming
  • Rig, a slang word for a cigarette
  • Radiologically Inserted Gastrostomy, a feeding tube inserted into the stomach using radiology: see Interventional radiology
  • Rig, a slang term for a syringe used for injecting drugs, notably heroin
  • Rig, a slang term referring to a tractor unit, also called a "big rig" (US)
  • Rig (stage lighting)

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Translations: Rig
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - udstyre med, rigge til, maje ud
n. - rig, takkelage

2.
v. tr. - manipulere med, fuske med
n. - fusk, manipulation

Nederlands (Dutch)
takels, uitrusting, booreiland, vrachtwagen, rijtuig, uitrusten, foerageren, takelen, manipuleren, improviseren

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - (Naut) gréer, équiper d'un harnais, équiper
n. - (Naut) grément, tour de forage, plate-forme pétrolière, appareil, (US) équipage, (US) semi-remorque

2.
v. tr. - truquer (des élections), frauder, manipuler (un marché)
n. - truquage, manipulation

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - (Naut.) auftakeln, ausrüsten, montieren, manipulieren
n. - (Naut.) Takelung, Ölförderturm, Kleidung, Ausstaffierung

2.
v. - (Naut.) auftakeln, ausrüsten, montieren, manipulieren
n. - (Naut.) Takelung, Ölförderturm, Kleidung, Ausstaffierung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ναυτ.) εξαρτία, αρματωσιά, εφόδια, ντύσιμο, ρούχα, γεωτρύπανο, ειδικός τεχνικός εξοπλισμός
v. - εφοδιάζω, φτιάχνω πρόχειρα ή αυτοσχέδια, χειρίζομαι ανέντιμα, φτιάνω, (ναυτ.) εξαρτίζω, αρματώνω, εξοπλίζω, κάνω μανούβρες/λαθροχειρίες, σκηνοθετώ, στήνω

Italiano (Italian)
scherzo, attrezzatura, equipaggiamento, imbroglio, inganno, ingannare, manomettere, manipolare, truccare, armare, attrezzare, equipaggiare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cordame (m), fraude (f)
v. - encordoar, administrar fraudulentamente

Русский (Russian)
приспособление, оснастка, деррик-кран, одежда, буровая скважина, оснащать, подтасовывать

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - aparejar, montar
n. - aparejo, equipo

2.
v. tr. - amañar
n. - plataforma petrolera

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tjuvknep, upptåg, oljerigg, svid, (sjö) rigg
v. - lura, manipulera, ekipera, rigga

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
为装配帆及索具, 为装配构件, 装束, 打扮, 草草作成, 临时赶造, 装备, 服装, 帆具

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 為裝配帆及索具, 為裝配構件, 裝束, 打扮, 草草作成, 臨時趕造
n. - 裝備, 服裝, 帆具

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 삭구를 갖추다, 차려 입히다, 임시변통으로 만들다
n. - 의장, 장비, 낚시 도구

2.
v. tr. - 농간 부리다, 매점하다
n. - 사기, 속임수, 시세 조작

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 艤装をする, 不正に操作する
n. - 船の装備, 用具一式, 身なり

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عربه وجيادها, ملابس (فعل) يزود المركب بالأشرعه, يكسو, يلبس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮צייד (ספינה) במעטה, נערך (להפלגה), התאים בגדים או ציוד אחר, הכין בחיפזון‬
n. - ‮מעטה, צורת החיבל, ציוד, מיתקן, תלבושת, בגדים, משאית סמיטריילר, אדם המובחן ע"י מדיו או ע"י ציודו, מערכת תרנים ומפרשים בספינה, ציוד לביצוע משימה מסוימת‬
v. tr. - ‮רימה, זייף, סידר לטובתו‬
n. - ‮תחבולה, רמאות‬


 
 

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