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rig out

rig out verb: to provide with equipment or gear.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) to provide with equipment or gear
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To dress; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner.
    • "Mr. Watson 's a splendid judge of washing, I guess. I don't approve of children being rigged out in fancy colors, but I 'll see what your aunt Jane thinks."1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
    • Jack was Rigged out in his Gold and Silver Lace.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) to expel the holder of an office or other position by means of rigging the election.

Forms of rig out

third-person singular presentrigs out
present participlerigging out
past participlerigged out
pastrigged out

Questions about rig out

What does rig out mean?
Rig out means to provide with equipment or gear.
What part of speech is rig out?
Rig out is a verb.
What is the past tense of rig out?
The past tense of rig out is rigged out.

Words near rig out in the dictionary

  1. rifugio
  2. rifugios
  3. rig
  4. rig doctor
  5. rig doctors
  6. rig out
  7. rig pig
  8. rig pigs
  9. rig up
  10. Rig Veda
  11. rig-out

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