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Definition of "rig" []
- To provide with a harness or equipment; fit out. (verb-transitive)
- Nautical To equip (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards. (verb-transitive)
- Nautical To fit (sails or shrouds, for example) to masts and yards. (verb-transitive)
- Informal To dress, clothe, or adorn: The costumer rigged out the actors in peasant clothing. (verb-transitive)
- To make or construct in haste or in a makeshift manner: rig up a tent for the night. (verb-transitive)
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Use "rig" in a sentence
- "But our other rig is a Freightliner M2 Sportchassis, so it's the Jeep or nothing."
- "History lesson for the day, a Brass Monkey is what they called the rig that held the cannon balls (near a cannon to be loaded) on sailing ships."
- "After seeing the eruption of the heavy drilling fluid, he called the rig to ask what was going on, and was told "they were having trouble with the well.""