rigs


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
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.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rig2
verb (rigs, rigging, rigged) manage or conduct (something) fraudulently so as to gain an advantage. noun archaic a trick or swindle.
– origin C18 (as n.): of unknown origin.
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