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rig1
verb (rigs, rigging, rigged)
1》 provide (a boat) with sails and rigging.
↘assemble and adjust (the equipment of a sailing boat, aircraft, etc.) in readiness for operation.
↘(often rig something up) set up (a device or structure), typically in a makeshift way.
2》 (often rig someone out) provide with clothes of a particular type.
noun
1》 the arrangement of a boat's sails and rigging.
↘the sail, mast, and boom of a windsurfer.
2》 an apparatus or device for a particular purpose.
↘an oil rig or drilling rig.
↘(in CB and short-wave radio) a transmitter and receiver.
↘a type of construction for fishing tackle that bears the bait and hook.
3》 a person's costume or outfit.
4》 chiefly N. Amer. & Austral./NZ a truck.
Phrases
full rig informal smart or ceremonial clothes.
Derivatives
-rigged adjective
Origin
C15: perh. of Scand. origin.
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rig2
verb (rigs, rigging, rigged) manage or conduct (something) fraudulently so as to gain an advantage.
noun archaic a trick or swindle.
Origin
C18 (asnoun): of unknown origin.
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