Dictionary Definition
rig
Noun
1 gear (including necessary machinery) for a
particular enterprise
2 a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer
together [syn: trailer
truck, tractor
trailer, trucking
rig, articulated
lorry, semi]
3 formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a
vessel [syn: rigging]
4 a set of clothing (with accessories); "his
getup was exceedingly elegant" [syn: outfit, getup, turnout]
Verb
1 arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig
an election" [syn: set up]
2 manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices"
[syn: manipulate]
3 connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to
the ignition"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- , /rɪɡ/, /rIg/
- Rhymes: -ɪɡ
Noun
rigTranslations
the arrangement of masts etc.
- Finnish: takila, riki
- German: Takelage , Takelung
- Italian: attrezzatura
special equipment or gear
- Catalan: aparell
- Finnish: laitteisto
- German: Vorrichtung , Anlage , Ausrüstung
- Italian: apparecchiatura
a truck or tractor
- Finnish:
- German: Sattelschlepper
the special apparatus used for drilling oil
wells
- Finnish: öljynporaustorni
- German: Bohrturm , Bohrinsel
- Italian: torre di trivellazione
a costume or outfit
- German: Aufmachung
computer case
Verb
'''to rig third-person singular simple present rigs, present participle rigging, simple past rigged, past participle rigged)Translations
to fit out with a harness
- Swedish: rigga
to equip and fit a ship
- Finnish: takiloida, sumplia, lavastaa
- Italian: attrezzare
- Swedish: rigga
to dress or clothe in some costume
to make or construct something in haste
to manipulate something dishonestly
- Italian: (election) manipolare , (result) truccare
- Swedish: rigga
References
Extensive Definition
Rig may refer to:
- Rig (band), a musical group of the early 1970s
- Rig, Afghanistan
- Rigging, the arrangement of sails on a sailing vessel
- Rigging/rigged, in computer animation, parts of a 3D model are rigged so that an animator can easily select and move parts of the model (such as an arm or leg) without having to painstakingly select every single vertex in the desired part. The rig also helps the animator with constraints and movement of other attached parts
- Ríg, in Norse mythology
- Radio Independents Group (R.I.G. or RIG)
- RIG, the ticker symbol for Transocean Inc., the largest offshore drilling company in the world
- In skydiving, a rig is a harness/container or a full parachute system including a harness/container, a main parachute, a reserve parachute, and an automatic activation device
- A type of horse-drawn carriage in the United States
- Rig Veda, in Hinduism
- Oil rig or drilling rig, a structure housing equipment used to drill for materials and/or extract oil from underground oil reservoirs
- Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, a video game
- Semiring, in abstract algebra
- In amateur radio, a generic term for a transmitter, receiver, or transceiver
See also
rig in Russian: Риг
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Dalai Lama, Holy Roman Emperor, Inca, Kaiser, accouter, accouterments, adulterate, angle, antic, apparatus, appliances, appoint, appointments, appurtenances, ardri, arm, armament, ballet skirt,
bamboozle, bey, bib and tucker, brew, buskin, cabal, cacique, caesar, cap and bells, caparison, caper, cham, chicane, collude, complot, con, concoct, connive, conspire, conveniences, cook, cook up, costume, countermine, counterplot, czar, disguise, doctor, dress, duffel, engineer, equip, equipage, equipment, facilities, facility, fake, finagle, finesse, fit, fit out, fit up, fittings, fix, fixtures, flimflam, fool, four-in-hand, frame, frame up, frock, frolic, furnish, furnishings, furniture, gear, getup, guise, gull, habit, harness, hatch, hatch a plot, hatch up,
heel, hoax, hoodwink, impedimenta, installations, intrigue, juggle, kaid, khan, kit, lark, lay a plot, livery, load, machinate, machinery, man, maneuver, manipulate, masquerade, materiel, mikado, monkeyshine, motley, munition, munitions, negus, operate, outfit, pack, pack the deal, padishah, pair, paraphernalia, pendragon, pharaoh, plan, plant, plot, plumbing, prearrange, preconcert, precontrive, predesign, premeditate, preorder, prepare, randem, retouch, rig out, rig up,
rigging, ropework, roping, running rigging, sachem, sagamore, salt, scheme, service, serving, set up, setout, sew up, shah, sheikh, shenanigan, shines, shogun, sock, sophisticate, span, spike, spike team, stack, stack the cards, staff, standing rigging,
stock-in-trade, suit,
tackle, tackling, tamper with, tandem, team, tenno, things, three-up, tights, trappings, trick, trousseau, turn out, turnout, tutu, tycoon, unicorn, uniform, utensils, wangle, wardrobe, whipping