rig.
The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
Meaning & usage
The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
The climbers each had a different rig for climbing that particular rockface.
We used a ground-level rig to safely learn how to tile a gable roof.
A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
Every rig at the truckstop had custom-made mud-flaps.
The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
A costume or an outfit.
My sister and I always made our own rigs for Halloween.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Early Modern English rygge, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian rigge (“to bind up; wrap around; rig; equip”), Swedish dialectal rigga (“to rig a horse”), Faroese rigga (“to rig; to equip and fit; to make s.th. function”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *rik- (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rign-, *reyg- (“to bind”); or related to Old English *wrīhan, wrīohan, wrēohan, wrēon (“to bind; wrap up; cover”). See also wry (“to cover; clothe; dress; hide”).
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 rig such massive equipment requires experienced riggers
To dress or clothe in some costume.
To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
rig up a makeshift shelter
To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
to rig an election
To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
To outfit a model with controls for animation.
Where this word comes from
From Early Modern English rygge, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian rigge (“to bind up; wrap around; rig; equip”), Swedish dialectal rigga (“to rig a horse”), Faroese rigga (“to rig; to equip and fit; to make s.th. function”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *rik- (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rign-, *reyg- (“to bind”); or related to Old English *wrīhan, wrīohan, wrēohan, wrēon (“to bind; wrap up; cover”). See also wry (“to cover; clothe; dress; hide”).
A ridge.
Where this word comes from
See ridge.
A wanton person; one given to unbecoming conduct.
A promiscuous woman.
A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
A blast of wind.
Where this word comes from
Compare wriggle.
To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
Where this word comes from
Compare wriggle.
An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
Where this word comes from
From ring (“algebraic structure”), omitting the letter n to suggest the lack of negatives. Compare rng (“structure like a ring but lacking a multiplicative identity”).
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