Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To operate a thimblerig game.

  2. (ambitransitive, figuratively)To cheat (someone) by trickery.

Origin

From thimble + rig.

From thimble + rig.

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Forms

thimblerigs, thimblerigging, thimblerigged, thimblerigged
Base formthimblerig · to thimblerig
3rd person singularthimblerigs
Present participlethimblerigging
Past simplethimblerigged
Past participlethimblerigged

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theythimblerig
he, she, itthimblerigs

Past simpleLesson

all personsthimblerigged

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill thimblerig

Word family

1 related words
Relatedthree-card monte

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
thievethighB2thimblethinA1
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