1rig1 (rɪɡ
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: rigs, rigging, rigged
(tr) - nautical to equip (a vessel, mast, etc) with (sails, rigging, etc)
- nautical to set up or prepare ready for use
- to put the components of (an aircraft, etc) into their correct positions
- to manipulate in a fraudulent manner, esp for profit ⇒
to rig prices
to rig an election
noun
- nautical the distinctive arrangement of the sails, masts, and other spars of a vessel
- the installation used in drilling for and exploiting natural oil and gas deposits ⇒
an oil rig
drilling rig - apparatus or equipment; gear
- an amateur radio operator's transmitting and receiving set
- US Canadian a carriage together with one or more horses
- mainly US Canadian an articulated lorry
Word Origin
C15: from Scandinavian; related to Norwegian rigga to wrapSynonyms
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fix,
doctor,
engineer,
arrange,
fake,
manipulate,
juggle,
tamper with,
fiddle with,
falsify,
trump up,
gerrymander,
2rig2 (rɪɡ)
Definitions
noun
- Scottish Northern England dialect a ridge or raised strip of unploughed land in a ploughed field
Word Origin
a variant of ridgeTranslations
- British English:
rig
A rig is a large structure that is used for extracting oil or gas from the ground or the sea bed....gas rigs.rɪɡ NOUN ...gas rigs.
- Spanish:
plataforma petrolífera
nf
- French:
derrick
nm
- German:
Bohrinsel
nf
- Chinese: 钻塔 n
- Arabic: جِهَازُ الـحَفْر n
- Portuguese: torre de perfuração nf
- Russian: оснастка nf
- Croatian: bušilica nf
- Czech: vrtná věž nf
- Danish: boreplatform nutr
- Dutch: trekker nm
- Finnish: öljynporaustorni n
- Greek: γεωτρύπανο nnt
- Italian: piattaforma nf
- Japanese: 掘削装置 n
- Korean: 굴착장치 n
- Norwegian: borerigg nnt
- Polish: urządzenie wiertnicze nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: torre de perfuração nf
- European Spanish:
plataforma petrolífera
nf
- Swedish: rigg nutr
- Thai: ใช้อุบายเก็งกำไร n
- Turkish: petrol platformu n
- Vietnamese: dàn khoan n
Usage examples
You'd need a rig big enough to have legs that reached all the way down to the seabed.
, Cormorant (1994)A controller hooks up to the handlebars and the whole rig hooks into your PlayStation.
Maxim (2004)"I think he's worried," Michelle Shanks, the rig worker's daughter said in an interview yesterday.
Globe and Mail (2003)In her early twenties she sailed across the Atlantic on a large square rig boat.
Glasgow Herald (2001)It was instead a laboratory demonstration rig , intended to solve some of the mechanical problems.
, Plane Speaking - a personal view of aviation history (1991)