rig
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
computing
engineering
manufacturing
mathematics
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
sciences
transport
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: rigs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rigs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rigging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rigged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rigged
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
pos: noun
gloss: Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: Every rig at the truckstop had custom-made mud-flaps.
"Big Joe's the name," an' I told him mine / He said: "The name of my rig is Phantom 309."
There's armored cars, and tanks, and Jeeps
And rigs of every size.
Yeah, them chicken coops was full o'bears
And choppers filled the skies.
gloss: The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
pos: noun
gloss: A costume or an outfit.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: My sister and I always made our own rigs for Halloween.
gloss: A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: When I saw a special version of Quake running on Voodoo hardware, I knew I would be forking out quite a bit of money on my gaming rig.
gloss: An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
pos: noun
gloss: Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: Equipment used for taking recreational drugs.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: […] does not know how to pick up the liquid from the cooker, and he asks someone else to use his rig to put his part in his rig.
(Gregg later admitted Cher's inadvertent discovery of his “rig” [drug bag] complete with heroin, needles, and rubber bands, hastened their breakup.)
gloss: A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
pos: noun
examples: As for the facial stuff, I just didn't have the time to do a really good facial rig and just worked with the one I had, which was insufficiently flexible to accomplish what needed to be done.
As facial models become more and more complex, it is increasingly difficult to define a consistent rig that can work well for every possible movement.
gloss: To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: To rig such massive equipment requires experienced riggers
gloss: To dress or clothe in some costume.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
gloss: To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: rig up a makeshift shelter
gloss: To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to rig an election
Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult.[…]Governments have to find the best people to fill important jobs: there is a limited supply of people who understand the financial system, for example. But governments must also remember that businesses are self-interested actors who will try to rig the system for their own benefit.
gloss: To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: Sir Hew is a rigging thy gate or the plow
gloss: To outfit a model with controls for animation.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: We can think of rigging a 3D character as a process analogous to setting up the strings that control a puppet.
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
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: оборудване
roman: oborudvane
lang: Catalan
word: aparell
lang: Finnish
word: laitteisto
lang: German
word: Vorrichtung
lang: German
word: Anlage
lang: German
word: Ausrüstung
lang: German
word: Gerätschaft
lang: Greek
word: εξοπλισμός
roman: exoplismós
lang: Italian
word: apparecchiatura
lang: Italian
word: attrezzatura
lang: Italian
word: strumento
lang: Portuguese
word: aparelhagem
lang: Russian
word: устано́вка
roman: ustanóvka
lang: Russian
word: снаряжение
roman: snarjaženije
lang: Russian
word: оборудование
roman: oborudovanije
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: rioga
lang: Spanish
word: aparejo
lang: Bulgarian
word: оборудвам
roman: oborudvam
lang: Catalan
word: ormejar
lang: Dutch
word: harnassen
lang: French
word: harnacher
lang: Hungarian
word: felszerszámoz
lang: Hungarian
word: lószerszámmal felszerel
lang: Russian
word: снаряжа́ть
roman: snarjažátʹ
lang: Spanish
word: aparejar
lang: Swedish
word: rigga