Rig Meaning
/ɹɪɡ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
nounSpecial equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
Sentence Examples
In the Rig Veda, Agni is the god of fire.
Tom works on an oil rig.
Four workers were rescued from an oil rig.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The dishonest politicians conspired to ____ the secret voting system in their favor.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The oil ____ in the North Sea operated around the clock, extracting thousands of barrels per day.
Word Origin & History
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”), Faroese rigga (“to rig; to equip and fit; to make s.th. function”). 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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
""Big Joe's the name," an' I told him mine / He said: "The name of my rig is Phantom 309.""
— 1967, Tommy Faile, “Phantom 309”, performed by Red Sovine:
"There's armored cars, and tanks, and Jeeps
And rigs of every size.
Yeah, them chicken coops was full o'bears
And choppers filled the skies."
— 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:
"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."
— 2004, Radford Castro, Let Me Play: Stories of Gaming and Emulation, page 104:
"[…] does not know how to pick up the liquid from the cooker, and he asks someone else to use his rig to put his part in his rig."
— 1995, Reyes Ramos, An Ethnographic Study of Heroin Abuse by Mexican Americans in San Antonio, Texas, page 36:
"(Gregg later admitted Cher's inadvertent discovery of his “rig” [drug bag] complete with heroin, needles, and rubber bands, hastened their breakup.)"
— 2014, Josiah Howard, Cher: Strong Enough:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The dishonest politicians conspired to ____ the secret voting system in their favor.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The oil ____ in the North Sea operated around the clock, extracting thousands of barrels per day.