rigged
part of speech
verb, past form (rig, rigs, rigged, rigging); adjective (rigged)
meaning for a pupil
1) Rigged means unfairly arranged so that a certain person wins: a rigged game, a rigged election. tree →
2) Rigged also means fitted with ropes, sails or equipment: a ship rigged with three masts. tree →
3) Rigged up means made quickly from whatever you have: we rigged up a shelter with a sheet. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and politics talk, «rigged» means cheating — a rigged raffle, a rigged vote; when people say an election was rigged, that is a serious claim that needs proof, and news reports often show it as one side's claim. In stories about ships, a vessel is «rigged» with sails. In design and technology lessons, you «rig up» a model or a circuit. Phrases: «rigged game», «rigged election», «rig up», «the game is rigged».
examples
- The fairground game was rigged so nobody could win the big teddy. tree →
- He shouted that the match was rigged, but the referee was fair. tree →
- We rigged up a tent with a blanket and two chairs. tree →
- The old ship was rigged with white sails. tree →
- Was the raffle rigged? The head teacher's son won again! tree →
- They rigged up a pulley to lift the bucket. tree →
- Amidst shouting and cheers the ships were tarred and rigged, and then they sailed to foreign lands. tree →
note
Double g: rig → rigged, rigging. «Rigging» is also a noun for a ship's ropes. Saying «it's rigged» is an accusation; in a news or politics lesson, ask for evidence. Not the same as «rugged» (rough, strong).
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rigged» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.