Definitions for rigging

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rigging rig·ging

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IPA: /ˈrɪg ɪŋ/

Rigging is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in rigging (gggiinr).

Definitions for rigging

noun

1. the ropes, chains, etc., employed to support and work the masts, yards, sails, etc., on a ship.
2. lifting or hauling tackle.
3. Informal. clothing.
4. the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
5. apparatus for some purpose; equipment; outfit; gear:
6. Also called drill rig. the equipment used in drilling an oil well.
7. any combination trucking unit in which vehicles are hooked together, as a tractor-trailer.
8. any kind of truck.
9. a carriage, buckboard, sulky, or wagon together with the horse or horses that draw it.
10. Informal. costume or dress, especially when odd or conspicuous, or when designated for a particular purpose:

Verb phrases

1. rig down, Nautical. to place in an inactive state, stowing all lines, tackles, and other removable parts.
2. rig up, to equip or set up for use.

verb (used with object)

1. Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
2. to furnish or provide with equipment, clothing, etc.; fit (usually followed by out or up).
3. to assemble, install, or prepare (often followed by up).
4. to manipulate fraudulently:

Origin of rigging

First recorded in 1480-90; rig + -ing¹

Examples for rigging

I started as though I had seen a tabby pounce down from the rigging!

There were reports of rigging, fraud and the use of violence to influence voting.

They went up the rigging with faltering and desperate efforts.

I soon began to climb the rigging of the brig, ascending to the mast-heads.

The sight of these chaps set up all my rigging, and I felt ripe for fun.

“People are really upset and motivated by the idea that the wealthy are rigging the game in their favor,” he said.

The pinnace was then stripped of her rigging and of all the goods which remained.

Children have fantasy lives so rich and combustible that rigging them with lies is like putting a propeller on a rocket.

And with a history of elections marred by rigging, voters were particularly sensitive and vocal about hints of irregularities.

The wind, falling over the cliff, played mournfully in the rigging.