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rig1 / rig/ • v. (rigged, rig·ging) [tr.] make (a sailing ship or boat) ready for sailing by providing it with sails and rigging: the catamaran will be rigged as a ketch | [as adj. , in comb.] (-rigged) a gaff-rigged cutter. ∎ assemble and adjust (the equipment of a sailboat, aircraft, etc.) to make it ready for operation: most sails are kept ready rigged. ∎ set up (equipment or a device or structure), typically hastily or in makeshift fashion: he had rigged up a sort of tent the crew began to rig the camera equipment on a platform. ∎ provide (someone) with clothes of a particular style or type: a cavalry regiment rigged out in green and gold.• n. 1. the particular way in which a sailboat's masts, sails, and rigging are arranged: the yacht will emerge from the yard with her original rig. ∎ the sail, mast, and boom of a sailboard.2. an apparatus, device, or piece of equipment designed for a particular purpose: a lighting rig. ∎ an oil rig or drilling rig. ∎ (in CB and shortwave radio) a transmitter and receiver. ∎ a particular type of construction for fishing tackle that bears the bait and hook.3. a person's costume, outfit, or style of dress: the rig of the Army Air Corps.4. a tractor-trailer. ∎ another type of vehicle, such as a horse-drawn carriage.PHRASES: (in) full rig inf. (wearing) fancy or ceremonial clothes.rig2 • v. (rigged, rig·ging) [tr.] manage or conduct (something) fraudulently so as to produce a result or situation that is advantageous to a particular person: the results of the elections had been rigged | [as n. , in comb.] (-rigging) charges of vote-rigging. ∎ cause an artificial rise or fall in prices in (a market, esp. the stock market) with a view to personal profit: he accused games manufacturers of rigging the market.• n. archaic a trick or way of swindling someone.
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Hence sb. arrangement of masts, sails, etc.; outfit (rig-out) XIX. rigging XV; concr. XVI.