Phrase Hound found 28 phrases and 70 compound words that contain rig. The most common are listed below. Open rig in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 28
- jury-rigTo build an improvised rigging or assembly from whichever materials are available.
- oil rigA rig, consisting of a platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products, such as natural gas.
- drilling rigAn oil rig.
- square rigA sailing rig consisting of sails set mainly perpendicular to the line of the keel.
- lighting rigThe infrastructure for providing stage lighting.
- gaff rigA sailing rig that has a fore-and-aft sail supported by a spar called a gaff.
- fore and aft rigAlternative form of fore-and-aft rig.
- drill rigAn oil rig.
- Rig VedaAlternative spelling of Rigveda: An ancient Indian Veda and sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the gods (devas), composed between 1700–1100 B.C.E.
- big rigA large truck, an 18-wheeler.
- jerry-rigEggcorn of jury-rig.
- fractional rigA type of rig on a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel in which the foresail does not reach all the way to the top of the mast.
- piling rigA large crawler track-mounted drill used in foundation projects which require drilling into sandy soil, clay, silty clay, and similar environments. Such rigs are similar in function to oil drilling rigs.
- Bermuda rigA sailing rig consisting of a single stayed mast with a fore-and-aft rigged mainsail on a boom and a jib or genoa on the forestay
- Carolina rigA fishing rig resembling the Texas rig, but with the weight fixed above the hook, instead of sliding down to it.
- hair rigA piece of tackle allowing the bait to be linked to the hook by a thread rather than directly mounted on the hook.
- junk rigA type of sail rig in which rigid members called battens span the full width of the sail and extend the sail forward of the mast.
- Texas rigA fishing rig involving a bullet-shaped weight threaded onto the fishing line, followed by an optional bead and then the hook.
- Marconi rigBermuda rig
- gunter riga rigging configuration consiting of a fore and aft sail set abaft (behind) the mast. The lower half of the luff (front) of the sail is attached to the mast, and the upper half is fastened to a spar which is approximately vertical and …
- rig outto provide with equipment or gear
- rig pigA worker on an oil rig; a roughneck.
- rig doctorOne who fixes CB radio systems.
- rig doctorsplural of rig doctor: One who fixes CB radio systems.
- rig pigsplural of rig pig: A worker on an oil rig; a roughneck.
Compound words 70
- riggingDress; tackle; especially (nautical), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
- thimblerigA game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand …
- runrigA system of land tenure in which farmland was divided into irregular strips and allocated to tenants in rotation; a strip of such land.
- unrigTo remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.).
- derigTo remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.).
- rerigTo rig again; to outfit (a ship) with new rigging.
- oilrigAlternative form of oil rig: A rig, consisting of a platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products, such as natural gas.
- prerigTo set up (equipment) in advance.
- riglessWithout a rig.
- riggishWanton, lewd, or tomboyish