Associations to the word «Rigger»

Wiktionary

RIGGER, noun. One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship or of a counterweight system.
RIGGER, noun. A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.
RIGGER, noun. A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
RIGGER, noun. (NZ) A plastic bottle of beer, typically between 1 L to 2.5 L volume.
RIGGER, noun. A long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.; said to be so called from its use for drawing the lines of the rigging of ships.

Dictionary definition

RIGGER, noun. Someone who rigs ships.
RIGGER, noun. A long slender pointed sable brush used by artists.
RIGGER, noun. Someone who works on an oil rig.
RIGGER, noun. A sailing vessel with a specified rig; "a square rigger".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats