Rig

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To provide with a harness or equipment; fit out.
  • v. Nautical To equip (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
  • v. Nautical To fit (sails or shrouds, for example) to masts and yards.
  • v. Informal To dress, clothe, or adorn: The costumer rigged out the actors in peasant clothing.
  • v. To make or construct in haste or in a makeshift manner: rig up a tent for the night.
  • v. To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain: rig a prizefight; rig stock prices.
  • n. Nautical The arrangement of masts, spars, and sails on a sailing vessel.
  • n. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
  • n. A truck or tractor.
  • n. A tractor-trailer.
  • n. A vehicle with one or more horses harnessed to it.
  • n. The special apparatus used for drilling oil wells.
  • n. Western U.S. See saddle.
  • n. Informal A costume or an outfit: wore an outlandish rig to the office.
  • n. Fishing tackle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
  • n. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
  • n. A large truck such as a semi-tractor.
  • n. The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
  • n. A costume or an outfit.
  • n. Computer case, often modified for looks.
  • n. An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
  • n. Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
  • v. To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
  • v. (nautical) To equip and fit a ship with sails, shrouds, and yards.
  • v. (informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
  • v. To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
  • v. To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A ridge.
  • v. To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
  • v. To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out.
  • n. The peculiar fitting in shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts, by which different types of vessels are distinguished; See Illustration in Appendix.
  • n. Dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing.
  • n. A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
  • n. A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
  • n. A blast of wind.
  • verb-intransitive. To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
  • v. To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An obsolete or dialectal form of ridge.
  • To fit (a ship) with the necessary tackle; fit, as the shrouds, stays, braces, etc., to their respective masts and yards.
  • To dress; fit out or decorate with clothes or personal adornments: often with out or up.
  • To fit out; furnish; equip; put in condition for use: often followed by out or up.
  • To make or use a rig, as in angling: as, to rig light (that is, to use a light fishing-tackle).
  • n. Nautical, the characteristic manner of fitting the masts and rigging to the hull of any vessel: thus, schooner-rig, ship-rig, etc., have reference to the masts and sails of those vessels, without regard to the hull.
  • n. Costume; dress, especially of a gay or fanciful description.
  • n. An equipage or turnout; a vehicle with a horse or horses, as for driving.
  • n. Fishing-tackle collectively; an angler's cast. [Colloq.]
  • To romp; play the wanton.
  • To make free with.
  • n. A romp; a wanton; a strumpet.
  • n. A frolic: a trick.
  • n. Same as ridgel.
  • n. The apparatus in a cultivator which carries the shovels; a cultivator gang.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. gear used in fishing
  • n. a set of clothing (with accessories)
  • v. connect or secure to
  • v. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
  • n. gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
  • n. a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
  • n. formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
  • v. equip with sails or masts
  • n. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
  • n. a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
  • v. manipulate in a fraudulent manner
  • Verb Form
    rigged    rigging    rigs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    paraphernalia    gear    appurtenance    fix    secure    fasten    cheat    chisel    equip    fit   
    Variant
    rigged    rigging   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ridge    dress    equip    romp    wanton    frolic    pilfer    equipment    costume    team   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Whig    big    brig    dig    fig    gig    jig    pig    pigg    prig   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    mast    gear    equipment    sail    cable    truck    rope    machinery    hull    anchor