rigger
One who rigs or dressesOne who rigs or dresses; as: One whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship or of a counterweight system.
Meaning
11 sensesOne who rigs or dresses; as:
One whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship or of a counterweight system.
One whose occupation is to lift and move large and heavy objects (such as industrial machinery) with the help of cables, hoists, and other equipment.
One whose occupation is to outfit a computer model with controls for animation.
A worker on an oil rig.
someone who works on an oil rig
One who rigs or manipulates (an election, etc).
Manipulierer, Wahlfälscher, Kurstreiber
someone who rigs ships
A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.
Ausleger
(in compounds)A ship with a certain type of rigging.
A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
(New Zealand)A plastic bottle of beer, typically between 1 L to 2.5 L volume.
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.
Schlepper, Schwertschlepper, Linierpinsel
a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists
A person who applies functional or artistic rope bondage to another person's body.
Translations
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Forms
plural: riggersSynonyms
2 synonyms- a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists:rigger brush
- someone who works on an oil rig:oil rigger
Word family
4 related wordsSee also
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