rigger

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/
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/ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/ · /ˈɹɪɡɚ/

Definition of rigger

12 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who rigs or dresses; as:
    “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.”
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noun

  1. One who rigs or dresses; as:
    “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.”
  2. One who rigs or dresses; as:
    “What if the rigger (the person who anchors the grids to the building ceiling) mishangs a single cable?”
  3. One who rigs or dresses; as:
    “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.”
  4. A worker on an oil rig.
  5. 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 […]”
    “An election rigger who assumes illegitimate political power would be primarily motivated to spread their corrosive toxins across the political system, thus rendering institutions of government dysfunctional and convoluted.”
  6. A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.
  7. (in-compounds)A ship with a certain type of rigging.
  8. A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
  9. (New-Zealand)A plastic bottle of beer, typically between 1 L to 2.5 L volume.
  10. 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.
  11. A person who applies functional or artistic rope bondage to another person's body.
  12. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of outrigger.

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Etymology

From rig + -er.

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