RIG


Meaning of RIG in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪg ]

( rigs, rigging, rigged)

1.

If someone rigs an election, a job appointment, or a game, they dishonestly arrange it to get the result they want or to give someone an unfair advantage.

She accused her opponents of rigging the vote...

VERB : V n

2.

A rig is a large structure that is used for looking for oil or gas and for taking it out of the ground or the sea bed.

...gas rigs in the North Sea.

N-COUNT : oft n N

3.

A rig is a truck or lorry that is made in two or more sections which are joined together by metal bars, so that the vehicle can turn more easily. ( AM; in BRIT, usually use articulated lorry )

N-COUNT

4.

see also rigging

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