rig
rig /r'ɪg/ (rigs rigging rigged)
1 [VERB] V n
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...
2 [N-COUNT] oft n N
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.
3 [N-COUNT]
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)
4
see also riggingoil rig (oil rigs)
[N-COUNT]
An oil rig is a structure on land or in the sea that is used when getting oil from the ground.rig up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you rig up a device or structure, you make it or fix it in place using any materials that are available.
Election officials have rigged up speakers to provide voters with music.
1 [VERB] V n
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...
2 [N-COUNT] oft n N
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.
3 [N-COUNT]
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)
4
see also riggingoil rig (oil rigs)
[N-COUNT]
An oil rig is a structure on land or in the sea that is used when getting oil from the ground.rig up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you rig up a device or structure, you make it or fix it in place using any materials that are available.
Election officials have rigged up speakers to provide voters with music.