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nigger-rigged

nigger-rigged is the simple past and past participle of nigger-rig.

Meaning of nigger-rig

Verb

nigger-rig (third-person singular simple present nigger-rigs, present participle nigger-rigging, simple past and past participle nigger-rigged)

  1. (Southern US, offensive) Synonym of jury-rig (create a makeshift, ad hoc solution from resources at hand).
    Synonyms:
    jury-rig, MacGyver

Adjective

nigger-rigged (comparative more nigger-rigged, superlative most nigger-rigged)

  1. (Southern US, offensive) Synonym of jury-rigged.
    • In Louisiana and elsewhere, some folks still use the term “nigger-rigged” as a substitute for “jury-rigged,” meaning makeshift, put together or repaired sloppily and hastily and, hopefully, temporarily,1998, David K. Shipler, A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America, page 279
    Synonyms:
    jury-rigged

Synonyms of nigger-rigged

Forms of nigger-rigged

comparativemore nigger-rigged
superlativemost nigger-rigged

Questions about nigger-rigged

What does nigger-rigged mean?
Nigger-rigged means synonym of jury-rigged.
What is nigger-rigged the simple past and past participle of?
Nigger-rigged is the simple past and past participle of nigger-rig.
What part of speech is nigger-rigged?
Nigger-rigged is an adjective.

Words near nigger-rigged in the dictionary

  1. nigger-knocking
  2. nigger-lover
  3. nigger-lovers
  4. nigger-rich
  5. nigger-rig
  6. nigger-rigged
  7. nigger-rigging
  8. nigger-rigs
  9. niggerati
  10. niggeration
  11. niggerbabble

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