EGAVE

rig

About 2.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
  2. noun Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
    The climbers each had a different rig for climbing that particular rockface.
  3. noun A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
    Every rig at the truckstop had custom-made mud-flaps.
  4. noun The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
  5. noun A costume or an outfit.
    My sister and I always made our own rigs for Halloween.
  6. noun A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
  7. noun An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
  8. noun Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.

Similar words

carriage equipage outfit getup set manipulate set up ibc truck lorry

Often followed by

veda and up the is was a for in

Word family

rigged rigging rigs

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