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rig

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Noun

  1. The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
  2. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
  3. A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
  4. The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
  5. A costume or an outfit.
  6. A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
  7. An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
  8. Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
  9. Equipment used for taking recreational drugs.
  10. A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
  11. A ridge.
  12. A wanton person; one given to unbecoming conduct.
  13. A promiscuous woman.
  14. A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
  15. A blast of wind.
  16. An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
  17. Initialism of rapid intervention group.

Verb

  1. To fit out with a harness or other equipment: To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
  2. To fit out with a harness or other equipment: To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
  3. To dress or clothe in some costume.
  4. To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
  5. To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
  6. To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
  7. To outfit a model with controls for animation.
  8. To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.

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