English > rig: 11 senses > noun 5, artifact| Meaning | gear used in fishing. |
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| Synonyms | fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig |
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| Members | bob, bobber, cork, bobfloat | A small float usually made of cork |
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| fishhook | A sharp barbed hook for catching fish |
| fishing line | A length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached |
| fishing rod, fishing pole | A rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line |
| gaff | An iron hook with a handle |
| harpoon | A spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing |
| landing net | A bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water |
| reel | winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle |
| spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance | An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish |
| spinner | fisherman's lure |
| Parts | gig | A cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies |
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| Broader | gear, paraphernalia, appurtenance | equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. |
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| Spanish | aparejo |
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English > rig: 11 senses > noun 6, artifact| Meaning | A vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses. |
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| Synonyms | carriage, equipage |
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| Parts | axletree | A dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve |
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| rumble | A servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage |
| Narrower | barouche | A horse-drawn carriage having four wheels |
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| brougham | light carriage |
| buckboard | An open / open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels |
| buggy, roadster | A small lightweight carriage |
| cab, cabriolet | small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage |
| caroche | A luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century |
| chaise, shay | A carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top |
| chariot | A light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage |
| clarence | A closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers |
| coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-four | A carriage pulled by four horses with one driver |
| droshky, drosky | An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels |
| gharry | A horse-drawn carriage in India |
| gig | small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage |
| hackney, hackney carriage, hackney coach | A carriage for hire |
| hansom, hansom cab | A two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers |
| landau | A four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately |
| post chaise | Closed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels |
| stanhope | A light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat |
| surrey | A light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage |
| trap | A light two-wheeled carriage |
| troika | A Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast |
| Broader | horse-drawn vehicle | A wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses |
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| Spanish | carruaje, coche de caballos, coche, vagón |
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| Catalan | carruatge, cotxe |
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English > rig: 11 senses > noun 7, act| Meaning | The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme. |
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| Synonyms | swindle, cheat |
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| Narrower | bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, sting, flimflam | A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property |
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| gyp, gip | (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating |
| holdout | The act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later |
| pyramiding | A fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors / distributors selling to other distributors / distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated |
| scam, cozenage | A fraudulent business scheme |
| shell game, thimblerig | A swindling sleight-of-hand game |
| swiz | British slang for a swindle |
| Broader | fraud | Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person |
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| Spanish | aletazo, arana, embaimiento, embaucamiento, engañifa, engaño, estafa, fraude, mangancia, petardo, pufo, superchería, timo, tocomocho, trapacería |
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| Catalan | enganyifa, engany, ensarronada, estafada, estafa, martingala, tripijoc |
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| Verbs | rig | manipulate in a fraudulent manner |
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| rig | arrange the outcome of by means of deceit |
