English language
Toggle Transcript
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, tackle |
| Type of | paraphernalia, gear, appurtenance |
rig::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | articulated lorry, semi, tractor trailer, trailer truck, trucking rig |
| Type of | motortruck, truck |
| Has types | tandem trailer |
rig::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rigging |
| Type of | formation |
| Has types | marconi rig, cat rig, fore-and-aft rig, lateen-rig, bermudian rig, bermudan rig, bermuda rig |
rig::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | carriage, equipage |
| Type of | horse-drawn vehicle |
| Has types | hackney carriage, hansom, barouche, brougham, buckboard, buggy, cab, cabriolet, caroche, chaise, chariot, clarence, coach, coach-and-four, troika, trap, surrey, droshky, drosky, stanhope, shay, roadster, post chaise, four-in-hand, gharry, landau, gig, hansom cab, hackney, hackney coach |
rig::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cheat, swindle |
| Type of | fraud |
| Has types | gyp, holdout, gip, hustle, flimflam, pyramiding, scam, shell game, sting, swiz, thimblerig, cozenage, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, con, bunko game, bunko, bunco game, bunco |
rig::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | appurtenance, gear, paraphernalia |
| Has types | drill rig, oil rig, oilrig, drilling rig |
Examples of rig
rig
The rig count remains relatively healthy and will likely rebound into next year.
From the forbes.com
From a ridge along the way, I finally pick out the rig and two tiny human forms.
From the kentucky.com
Fire response crews battle the flames that erupted on the Deepwater Horizon rig.
From the latimes.com
Thus, the falling rig count raises concern about the longer-term-supply outlook.
From the time.com
The one on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf failed to halt the flow of oil.
From the dailyherald.com
For my opinion it was on the 22nd of April, when the Deepwater Horizon rig sunk.
From the time.com
Shares of Trans ocean, which owned the rig, hit their lowest level in 18 months.
From the denverpost.com
You have to see your path to victory and almost rig the game so you can't loose.
From the theatlantic.com
Another rig under construction will be delivered to Common Resources in January.
From the chron.com
- Arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"
- Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- Trailer truck: a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
- Manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices"
- Connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition"
- Formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
- Rig is the debut and only album by American rock group Rig, released in 1970 (see 1970 in music).
- In abstract algebra, a semiring is an algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that each element must have an additive inverse. The term rig is also used occasionally--this originated as a joke, suggesting that rigs are rings without negative elements.
- In stage lighting, the rig is a technical term for the entire lighting apparatus, including the lights themselves, the physical structure which supports them, and the cabling, control systems, dimmers, power supplies, light boards, and (to a certain extent) the people who maintain and operate it.
