rig

Meaning

1. The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
2. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
3. A large truck such as a semi-trailer truck.
4. The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
5. (informal) A costume or an outfit.
6. (slang) A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
7. An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
8. (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
9. (slang) Equipment used for taking recreational drugs.
10. A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.

set up

outfit

tractor trailer

trucking rig

fishing gear

fishing rig

fishing tackle

endue

stick on

twist around

drill tower

rig the market

rig up

sand hill

dight

coaster wagon

gummy shark

fitting-on

oil platform

erection work

well drill rig

boring machine

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪɡ/

From Early Modern English rygge, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian rigge (“to bind up; wrap around; rig; equip”), Swedish dialectal rigga (“to rig a horse”), Faroese rigga (“to rig; to equip and fit; to make s.th. function”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *rik- (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rign-, *reyg- (“to bind”); or related to Old English *wrīhan, wrīohan, wrēohan, wrēon (“to bind; wrap up; cover”). See also wry (“to cover; clothe; dress; hide”).

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