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verb (used with object)

Chiefly Nautical.

to put in proper order for working or use.

to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc.

to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.

to furnish or provide with equipment, clothing, etc.; fit (usually followed by out or up).

to assemble, install, or prepare (often followed by up).

to manipulate fraudulently: to rig prices.

noun

the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.

apparatus for some purpose; equipment; outfit; gear: a hi-fi rig; Bring your rod and reel and all the rest of your fishing rig.

Also called drill rig. the equipment used in drilling an oil well.

any combination trucking unit in which vehicles are hooked together, as a tractor-trailer.

any kind of truck.

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10.

a carriage, buckboard, sulky, or wagon together with the horse or horses that draw it.

11.

Informal. costume or dress, especially when odd or conspicuous, or when designated for a particular purpose: He looks quite nifty in a butler's rig.

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Verb phrases

12.

rig down, Nautical. to place in an inactive state, stowing all lines, tackles, and other removable parts.

13.

rig up, to equip or set up for use.

Origin:
1480–90; 1930–35 for def. 4; probably < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian, Swedish rigg (noun), rigga (v.)

Related forms

out·rig, verb (used with object), -rigged, -rig·ging.

o·ver·rigged, adjective

un·der·rigged, adjective

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rigging (ˈrɪɡɪŋ)

—n
1.	the shrouds, stays, halyards, etc, of a vessel
2.	the bracing wires, struts, and lines of a biplane, balloon, etc
3.	any form of lifting gear, tackle, etc

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Word Origin & History

rig

c.1489, originally nautical, "to fit with sails," probably from a Scand. source (cf. Dan., Norw. rigge "to equip," Swed. rigga "to rig"), though these may be from Eng. Slang meaning "to pre-arrange or tamper with results" is attested from 1938. The noun meaning "distinctive arrangement of sails, masts,

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etc. on a ship" is first recorded 1822; extended to horse vehicles (1831), which led to sense of "truck, bus, etc." (1851).

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Slang Dictionary

rig definition

tv.
to arrange or tamper with the results of something. : Somebody rigged the contest so no one got first prize.
n.
a large truck; an eighteen-wheeler; a large recreational vehicle. : There were three rigs sitting in the parking lot when we got there.

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rigging

the sails, masts, booms, yards, stays, and lines of a sailing vessel, or its cordage only.

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