I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an oil rig (= structure on land or in the sea with equipment for getting oil out of the ground )
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an oil rig in the North Sea
ballot rigging
lighting rig
oil rig
rig an election (= dishonestly arrange the result )
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He accused the ruling party of rigging the elections.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
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And see if you can rig up something forward-firing.
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He has also rigged up a special bookshelf a table turned upside down-for his top-bunk bed where he keeps his current books.
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He's rigged up speakers in the steeple To fool dim-witted country people.
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Likes to rig up the cards.
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I've been rigging up a crush.
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So officials rigged up a team of oxen to drag it back to the bridge site, where it was then reinstalled.
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Try to rig up a line through there and down the side of the pod.
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Dorcas organized younger nomes to digging drainage trenches and rigged up a few of the big light bulbs for heat.
■ NOUN
bid
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Was the reputed bid rigging really a favor done in return for the write-off?
election
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Robert Guei, who had proclaimed himself president in a rigged election .
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There was no rigging of the election and no attempt by the hard-liners to reverse the results after the vote.
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Everything is now in place for a rigged election that seems likely to usher in a military dictatorship.
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He will not need to rig the election , or buy voters, let alone do anything worthy.
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Mr Museveni did not need to rig the election .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a fully-rigged vessel
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Lou had a buzzer rigged up beside his bed so he could call his wife.
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Many Labour Party members believed that the ballot to elect a mayoral candidate was rigged.
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Many of the game shows of the 1950s turned out to be rigged.
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The senator resigned after accusations that the vote had been rigged.
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They would never have got into power if the whole thing hadn't been rigged.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All major opposition parties boycotted local elections in November 1990 because they believed that the results would be rigged.
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And see if you can rig up something forward-firing.
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Attached to the sack was a length of pennant rigging, which he left adrift within reach of the opening chute.
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Exasperated, Emma went herself one evening to the spot where Collymore rigged his scales on the limb of a sea grape.
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From what she could see, he was showing the children how to rig the boats.
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The sail should be rigged with the minimum amount of mast showing at deck level.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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While Anderson talks, a woman raps on the window of the big rig .
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Workers in surgical masks are running a hydraulic compressor and tractor-trailer drivers are warming up their big rigs .
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This is often enough to stabilise a big float rig .
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Fenton moved his big prison rig closer too, in anticipation of a fresh intake of captives.
■ NOUN
oil
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Francis McFarlane, 44, has not worked since he witnessed the oil rig blaze which killed 164 workers in July 1988.
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Joseph Oncale charges that his male supervisors and a male co-worker harassed him while he was working at a Louisiana oil rig .
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It is rumoured that an oil rig is to be set up on the local water meadows.
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Passing an oil rig and numerous naval vessels, we moored alongside a jetty on the estuary leading up to the town.
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Some guides use their climbing and rope skills to work on oil rigs or construction sites.
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Balder is a semi-submersible crane barge designed for work in constructing oil rig platforms.
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The day was faintly foggy; lights were on on the tall hazy meccano sculptures of oil rigs moored in the Firth.
■ VERB
drill
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Industry representatives said the number of drilling rigs has doubled in a year to more than 900 because of the higher prices.
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Other pieces were slid under a computerized drilling rig , to have boltholes drilled according to the shop drawing.
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Niugini Mining said a second drilling rig is being mobilized and further drilling will take place following the completion of geophysical surveys.
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On the far southern plains, the oil towns of Plainview and Midland and Odessa rise like off-shore drilling rigs .
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The steady hum of the drilling rigs and the rough growls of heavy machinery moving on the road smear the coastal quiet.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an offshore oil rig
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A fractional rig is set on a Proctor spar with swept-back spreaders.
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A market downturn in rig moves was more than compensated for by a significant increase in supporting offshore construction projects.
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Guerrillas had overrun the exploration camp and set the rig afire.
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The steady hum of the drilling rigs and the rough growls of heavy machinery moving on the road smear the coastal quiet.