📖 Definitions of "Rigger"
noun
- 1
One who rigs or dresses; as:
- 2
A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.
- 3
A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
- 4
A plastic bottle of beer, typically between 1 L to 2.5 L volume.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rigger"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| thimblenoun | (sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material. |
| ropernoun | (slang) Synonym of outside man (“accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster”). |
| ropesmannoun | someone who uses a rope |
| rigging monkeynoun | (nautical) A crewmember of a sailing vessel whose primary responsibility is to climb the mast, usually with the assistance of a boatswain's chair, in order to work on the rigging of the ship. |
| ropemannoun | Someone who uses a rope. |
| signalmannoun | Somebody employed to operate the signals and points of a railway. |
| drillernoun | One who drills. |
| rackmasternoun | (historical) The person who operates a rack (instrument of torture). |
| ropeworkernoun | One who carries out ropework. |
| harnessernoun | One who harnesses. |
| dressernoun | (US) An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror. |
| wirernoun | A person who installs wiring. |
| derrickmannoun | A member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe. |
| racketernoun | One who is skilled in racket sports. |
| rope dancernoun | (dated) A tightrope walker; an acrobat. |
| trussernoun | One who, or that which, trusses. |
| derrickhandnoun | A worker on an oil rig, working on a raised platform from which they guide instruments in and out of the well. |
| triggerernoun | One who or that which triggers. |
| buttonernoun | One who buttons something. |
| ringernoun | (sports) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team. |
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