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noun
1.
the ropes, chains, etc., employed to support and work the masts, yards, sails, etc., on a ship.
2.
lifting or hauling tackle.
3.
Informal. clothing.
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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 followed by out or up).
3.
to assemble, install, or prepare (often followed by up).
4.
to manipulate fraudulently: to rig prices.
noun
Verb phrases5.
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.
EXPANDany kind of truck.
10.
a carriage, buckboard, sulky, or wagon together with the horse or horses that draw it.
11.
COLLAPSEInformal. costume or dress, especially when odd or conspicuous, or when designated for a particular purpose: He looks quite nifty in a butler's rig.
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.)
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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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,
EXPANDetc. 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
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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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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