rig
verb
[ rɪɡ ]
• provide (a sailing boat) with sails and rigging.
• "the catamaran will be rigged as a ketch"
Similar:
equip,
fit out/up,
supply,
outfit,
furnish,
accoutre,
array,
provide,
provision,
stock,
arm,
kit out,
• set up (equipment or a device or structure), typically in a makeshift or hasty way.
• "he had rigged up a sort of tent"
Similar:
set up hastily,
erect hastily,
assemble hastily,
throw together,
cobble together,
put together,
whip up,
improvise,
devise,
contrive,
jury-rig,
knock up,
• provide (someone) with clothes of a particular type.
• "a cavalry regiment rigged out in green and gold"
Similar:
dress,
attire,
clothe,
robe,
garb,
array,
deck out,
drape,
accoutre,
outfit,
costume,
get up,
turn out,
trick out/up,
doll up,
bedizen,
caparison,
apparel,
invest,
habit,
trap out,
rig
noun
• the particular way in which a sailing boat's masts, sails, and rigging are arranged.
• "a ketch rig"
• a device or piece of equipment designed for a particular purpose.
• "a lighting rig"
Similar:
apparatus,
appliance,
piece of equipment,
tool,
machine,
device,
tackle,
gear,
mechanism,
outfit,
plant,
kit,
implement,
utensil,
instrument,
contraption,
contrivance,
gadget,
structure,
system,
gizmo,
• a person's costume, outfit, or style of dress.
• "the rig of the American Army Air Corps"
Similar:
uniform,
costume,
ensemble,
outfit,
suit,
livery,
attire,
clothes,
clothing,
garments,
dress,
garb,
regimentals,
accoutrements,
regalia,
finery,
trappings,
disguise,
kit,
strip,
get-up,
gear,
togs,
rig-out,
apparel,
array,
raiment,
habit,
habiliments,
vestments,
• a truck.
Origin:
late 15th century (in nautical use): perhaps of Scandinavian origin: compare with Norwegian rigga ‘bind or wrap up’. The noun dates from the early 19th century.
rig
verb
• manage or conduct (something) fraudulently so as to gain an advantage.
• "charges of vote-rigging"
Similar:
manipulate,
arrange fraudulently,
interfere with,
influence,
gerrymander,
juggle,
massage,
distort,
misrepresent,
pervert,
manoeuvre,
tamper with,
tinker with,
doctor,
falsify,
forge,
fake,
engineer,
trump up,
fix,
cook,
fiddle,
rig
noun
• a trick or swindle.
Origin:
late 18th century (in the noun sense): of unknown origin.
