rigger
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rigger¹
- /ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈɹɪɡɚ/ US
Sounds like rigor, rigour · Rhymes with -ɪɡə(ɹ)
noun riggers
- One whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship or of a counterweight system. So far there was not a hitch. The workpeople, to be sure — riggers and what not — were most annoyingly slow; but time cured that. It was the crew that troubled me.
- One whose occupation is to lift and move large and heavy objects (such as industrial machinery) with the help of cables, hoists, and other equipment. What if the rigger (the person who anchors the grids to the building ceiling) mishangs a single cable?
- One whose occupation is to outfit a computer model with controls for animation. It is common that after the rig is created an animator asks the rigger to create new controls, because the character needs to support new poses or simply needs to look better.
- A worker on an oil rig.
- One who rigs or manipulates (an election, etc). The real riggers of electoral boundaries in New South Wales were those who got loose after 1965. When the boys from George Street and Ash Street got loose there was a majority in the Parliament. That is when there was a redistribution […]
- A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.
- A ship with a certain type of rigging.
- A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
- A plastic bottle of beer, typically between 1 L to 2.5 L volume.
- A long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.; said to be so called from its use for drawing the lines of the rigging of ships.
- A person who applies functional or artistic rope bondage to another person's body.
rigger²
- /ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈɹɪɡɚ/ US
Sounds like rigor, rigour · Rhymes with -ɪɡə(ɹ)
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noun riggers
- Ellipsis of outrigger
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noun one who rigs or dresses
| Deutsch | Takler, Monteur |
|---|---|
| Русский | такела́жник takelážnik |
noun one who rigs or manipulates (an election, etc)
| Deutsch | Manipulierer, Wahlfälscher, Kurstreiber |
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noun a part of a rowing boat's equipment
| Deutsch | Ausleger |
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noun a long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.
| Deutsch | Schlepper, Schwertschlepper, Linierpinsel |
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title = {rigger},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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