English Explanatory Dictionary

rig

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
  2. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
  3. A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
  4. The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
  5. A costume or an outfit.
  6. A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
  7. An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
  8. Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
  9. Equipment used for taking recreational drugs.
  10. A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
verb
  1. To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
  2. To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
  3. To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
  4. To dress or clothe in some costume.
  5. To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
  6. To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
  7. To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
  8. To outfit a model with controls for animation.
noun
  1. A ridge.
noun
  1. A wanton person; one given to unbecoming conduct.
  2. A promiscuous woman.
  3. A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
  4. A blast of wind.
verb
  1. To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
noun
  1. An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
noun
  1. Initialism of rapid intervention group.

Pronunciation

rĭg /ɹɪɡ/ En-au-rig.ogg

Word forms

rig rigs rigging rigged

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

swing harlotize semiring

Derived words

Bermuda rig big rig Carolina rig dab rig drilling rig drill rig fore and aft rig fore-and-aft rig fractional rig gaff-rig gaff rig gunter rig hair rig jerry-rig junk rig jury-rig lighting rig Marconi rig nigger-rig oil rig oilrig piling rig rig doctor rigless rig pig semi rig square rig Texas rig derig prerig rerig rigger rig out rig up unrig riggish riggite thimblerig

Translations

Bulgarian: такелаж Bulgarian: оборудване Esperanto: rigaro Esperanto: rigo Finnish: takila Finnish: riki Finnish: laitteisto French: gréements German: Takelage German: Takelung German: Vorrichtung German: Anlage German: Ausrüstung German: Gerätschaft Greek: εξάρτιση Greek: αρματωσιά Greek: εξοπλισμός Italian: attrezzatura Italian: sartiame Italian: cordame Italian: apparecchiatura Italian: strumento Norwegian Bokmål: rigg Norwegian Nynorsk: rigg Polish: takielunek Portuguese: mastreação Portuguese: aparelhagem Russian: осна́стка Russian: такела́ж Russian: устано́вка Russian: снаряжение Russian: оборудование Spanish: aparejo Catalan: aparell Scottish Gaelic: rioga Bulgarian: оборудвам Catalan: ormejar Dutch: harnassen French: harnacher Hungarian: felszerszámoz Hungarian: lószerszámmal felszerel Russian: снаряжа́ть Spanish: aparejar Swedish: rigga
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