rigger
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈrɪɡər/
:
operario de plataforma petrolífera
- The rigger carefully checked all connections before starting the drilling process to prevent accidents.
- oil rigger
Examples
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Next shift, these rough-looking riggers flew to our platform with a super-eight projector and some porno flicks to show in the rec room.
Fiction book (1999) -
An oil rigger, construction worker, farmworker, common laborer, and even some office workers wear out way before bankers, doctors, lawyers, and even some tellers, all things being equal.
Blog text (12) -
What if we was to bury Dale out there like them oil riggers?
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The riggers would be swept overboard by the wind.
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Get the riggers inside.
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They say the rigger, Karl Boerth... has a mistress who works in the Frankfurt branch of a French bank.
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As an experienced rigger, he was responsible for assembling the complex machinery on the oil rig.
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She worked as a rigger on offshore platforms, ensuring all equipment was safely in place for drilling.
Synonyms
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5.3
A worker who runs the machine that makes holes for oil or gas
5
4.6
A man who works in or owns part of the oil business
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2.0
A person who finds, gets, or sells oil
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6.9
A worker who does heavy physical work on oil rigs or construction sites
A person who works on an oil platform to get or process oil
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.9
A ship with large square sails hung on horizontal bars across the masts
- Specialized
A long thin paint brush used for painting very fine lines like the ropes on a ship
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rigger is also used where rig means a large work platform, like an oil rig. So a rigger is a worker on that platform who handles the machines and equipment, which is why the word can mean a person who works on an oil rig.