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rig

  [rig] verb, rigged, rig⋅ging, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. Chiefly Nautical.
a. to put in proper order for working or use.
b. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc.
c. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
2. to furnish or provide with equipment, clothing, etc.; fit (usually fol. by out or up).
3. to assemble, install, or prepare (often fol. by up).
4. to manipulate fraudulently: to rig prices.
–noun
5. the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
6. apparatus for some purpose; equipment; outfit; gear: a hi-fi rig; Bring your rod and reel and all the rest of your fishing rig.
7. Also called drill rig. the equipment used in drilling an oil well.
8. any combination trucking unit in which vehicles are hooked together, as a tractor-trailer.
9. any kind of truck.
10. a carriage, buckboard, sulky, or wagon together with the horse or horses that draw it.
11. Informal. costume or dress, esp. when odd or conspicuous, or when designated for a particular purpose: He looks quite nifty in a butler's rig.
—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; prob. < Scand; cf. Norw, Sw rigg (n.), rigga (v.)
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rig   (rĭg)   
tr.v.   rigged, rig·ging, rigs

  1. To provide with a harness or equipment; fit out.

  2. Nautical

    1. To equip (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.

    2. To fit (sails or shrouds, for example) to masts and yards.

  3. Informal To dress, clothe, or adorn: The costumer rigged out the actors in peasant clothing.

  4. To make or construct in haste or in a makeshift manner: rig up a tent for the night.

  5. To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain: rig a prizefight; rig stock prices.

n.  

  1. Nautical The arrangement of masts, spars, and sails on a sailing vessel.

  2. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.

    1. A truck or tractor.

    2. A tractor-trailer.

    3. A vehicle with one or more horses harnessed to it.

  4. The special apparatus used for drilling oil wells.

  5. Western U.S. See saddle.

  6. Informal A costume or an outfit: wore an outlandish rig to the office.

  7. Fishing tackle.


[Middle English riggen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian rigga, to bind.]
sad·dle   (sād'l)   
n.  

    1. A leather seat for a rider, secured on an animal's back by a girth. Also called regionally rig.

    2. Similar tack used for attaching a pack to an animal.

    3. The padded part of a driving harness fitting over a horse's back.

    4. The seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.

    5. Something shaped like a saddle.

    6. A cut of meat consisting of part of the backbone and both loins.

    7. The lower part of a male fowl's back.

    8. A saddle-shaped depression in the ridge of a hill.

    9. A ridge between two peaks.

    1. A cut of meat consisting of part of the backbone and both loins.

    2. The lower part of a male fowl's back.

    3. A saddle-shaped depression in the ridge of a hill.

    4. A ridge between two peaks.

    1. A saddle-shaped depression in the ridge of a hill.

    2. A ridge between two peaks.

v.   sad·dled, sad·dling, sad·dles

v.   tr.

  1. To put a saddle onto.

  2. To load or burden; encumber: They were saddled with heavy expenses.

v.   intr.

  1. To saddle a horse.

  2. To get into a saddle.


[Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
rig

  1. tv.
    to arrange or tamper with the results of something. : Somebody rigged the contest so no one got first prize.
  2. n.
    a large truck; an eighteen-wheeler; a large recreational vehicle. : There were three rigs sitting in the parking lot when we got there.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

rig  (v.)
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, etc. on a ship" is first recorded 1822; extended to horse vehicles (1831), which led to sense of "truck, bus, etc." (1851).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
RIG
station equipment (shortwave transmission)
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