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Webster 1913 Edition

Rig

Rig

,
Noun.
[See
Ridge
.]
A ridge.
[Prov. or Scott.]

Rig

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rigged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rigging
.]
[Norweg.
rigga
to bind, particularly, to wrap round, rig; cf. AS.
wrīhan
to cover.]
1.
To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
2.
To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner; – commonly followed by out.
Jack was
rigged
out in his gold and silver lace.
L’Estrange.
To rig a purchase
,
to adapt apparatus so as to get a purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle, capstan, etc.
–
To rig a ship
(Naut.)
,
to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, etc., to their respective masts and yards.

Rig

,
Noun.
1.
(Naut.)
The peculiar fitting in shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts, by which different types of vessels are distinguished;
as, schooner
rig
, ship
rig
, etc.
See Illustration in Appendix.
2.
Dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing.
[Colloq.]

Rig

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Wriggle
.]
1.
A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
[Obs.]
Fuller.
2.
A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
3.
A blast of wind.
[Prov. Eng.]
Wright.
That uncertain season before the
rigs
of Michaelmas were yet well composed.
Burke.
To run a rig
,
to play a trick; to engage in a frolic; to do something strange and unbecoming.
He little dreamt when he set out
Of
running
such
a rig
.
Cowper.

Rig

,
Verb.
I.
To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
“Rigging and rifling all ways.”
Chapman.

Rig

,
Verb.
T.
To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
[Obs. or Prov.]
Tusser.
To rig the market
(Stock Exchange)
,
to raise or lower market prices, as by some fraud or trick.
[Cant]

Webster 1828 Edition

Rig

RIG

,
Noun.
A ridge, which see.

RIG

, v.t.
1.
to dress; to put on; when applied to persons, not elegant, but rather a ludicrous word, to express the putting on of a gay, flaunting or unusual dress.
Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace, with a feather in his cap.
2.
To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
3.
To rig a ship, in seamen's language, is to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, &c. to their respective masts and yards.

RIG

,
Noun.
[See the Verb.]
1.
Dress; also, bluster.
2.
A romp; a wanton; a strumpet.
To run the rig, to play a wanton trick.
To run the rig upon, to practice a sportive trick on.

RIG

,
Verb.
I.
to play the wanton.

Definition 2024

rig

rig

See also: Rig. and ríg

English

Noun

rig ‎(plural rigs)

  1. (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
  2. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
    • The climbers each had a different rig for climbing that particular rockface.
  3. (US) A large truck such as a semi-tractor.
    • Every rig at the truckstop had custom-made mud-flaps.
  4. The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
  5. (informal) A costume or an outfit.
    • My sister and I always made our own rigs for Halloween.
  6. (slang, computing) A computer case, often modified for looks.
    • 2004, Radford Castro, Let Me Play: Stories of Gaming and Emulation (page 104)
      When I saw a special version of Quake running on Voodoo hardware, I knew I would be forking out quite a bit of money on my gaming rig.
  7. An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
  8. (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
Translations

Verb

rig ‎(third-person singular simple present rigs, present participle rigging, simple past and past participle rigged)

  1. (transitive) To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
  2. (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
  3. (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
  4. (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
  5. (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
    to rig an election‎
    • 2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
      Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. […] Governments have to find the best people to fill important jobs: there is a limited supply of people who understand the financial system, for example. But governments must also remember that businesses are self-interested actors who will try to rig the system for their own benefit.
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
    • 1616, George Chapman, The Hymn to Hermes, in The Whole Works of Homer (tr.),
      Rigging and rifling all ways, and no noise / Made with thy soft feet, where it all destroys.
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Tusser to this entry?)
Translations

Etymology 2

See ridge.

Noun

rig ‎(plural rigs)

  1. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.

Etymology 3

Compare wriggle.

Noun

rig ‎(plural rigs)

  1. (obsolete) A wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Fuller to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete) A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
    • Cowper
      He little dreamt when he set out / Of running such a rig.
  3. (obsolete) A blast of wind.
    • Burke
      that uncertain season before the rigs of Michaelmas were yet well composed.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ríkr ‎(“rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, a derivative of *rīks ‎(“king, ruler”), itself a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Adjective

rig

  1. rich (having wealth)
  2. wealthy, affluent
  3. exuberant, luxuriant

Noun

rig c (singular definite riggen, plural indefinite rigge)

  1. rig (the arrangement of masts etc., the special apparatus used for drilling oil wells)

Inflection

Lojban

Rafsi

rig

  1. rafsi of rigni.

Etymology

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”). 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”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rĭg, IPA(key): /rɪɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪɡ

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