Meaning

3 senses

  1. (UK, transitive)To rearrange or tweak (something), especially in order to improve it or make it suitable for some purpose.

    umkrempeln

  2. (UK, dated, transitive)To provide (a place, etc.) with new equipment or machinery; to reequip, to refit.

  3. (UK, transitive)To separate or sort (ore) again in a jigger or sieve.

More definitions
  • re-equip a factory or plant

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to rearrange or tweak (something), especially in order to improve it to make it suitable for some purpose:

Origin

The verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + jig (“to move briskly; to mo

The verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + jig (“to move briskly; to move with jerks or vibrations”). The noun is derived from the verb.

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Forms

rejigs, rejigging, rejigged, rejigged
Base formrejig · to rejig
3rd person singularrejigs
Present participlerejigging
Past simplerejigged
Past participlerejigged

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrejig
he, she, itrejigs

Past simpleLesson

all personsrejigged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rejigged
he, she, ithas rejigged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rejig

Synonyms

4 synonyms
refashionrejiggerrejiggle
Close in meaning
  • re-equip a factory or plant:re-equip

Word family

1 related words
Derivedrejigger

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
reiteraterejectB1rejectionB2rejoicerejoicingrejoinB2rejoinder
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