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rigged

/ɹɪɡd/

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What does rigged mean?

adjective

  1. (figuratively) Prearranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance.
  2. Having the rigging up.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of rig

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IPA pronunciation

/ɹɪɡd/

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Luckily, I have brought the old things with me and am getting them rigged up as fast as may be.
Robert Louis StevensonMemoir of Fleeming JenkinProject Gutenberg ebook #698
Having called up the "idlers," namely carpenter, cook, steward, etc., and rigged the pump, we commenced washing down the decks.
Richard Henry DanaTwo Years Before the MastProject Gutenberg ebook #2055
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The “General Grant” was rigged with three masts, giving a large capacity for sails, and thus materially aiding the steam power.
Jules VerneAround the World in Eighty DaysTranslated by George M. (George Makepeace) TowleProject Gutenberg ebook #103
The aeroplane must be placed in its flying position and sufficiently high to ensure the wheels being off the ground when rigged.
H. (Horatio) BarberThe Aeroplane SpeaksProject Gutenberg ebook #818
I had the pumps rigged, got up steam, and started the bilge-pumps at 8 p.m. The pressure by that time had relaxed.
Ernest Henry, Sir ShackletonSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917Project Gutenberg ebook #5199