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RIG OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rig out mean?
• RIG OUT (verb)
The verb RIG OUT has 1 sense:
1. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
Familiarity information: RIG OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
attire; deck out; deck up; dress up; fancy up; fig out; fig up; get up; gussy up; overdress; prink; rig out; tog out; tog up; trick out; trick up
Context example:
The young girls were all fancied up for the party
Hypernyms (to "rig out" is one way to...):
dress; get dressed (put on clothes)
Verb group:
dress; dress up (dress in a certain manner)
costume; dress up (dress in a costume)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rig out"):
dress; plume; preen; primp (dress or groom with elaborate care)
prank (dress up showily)
tart up (dress up in a cheap and provocative way)
enrobe (adorn with a robe)
bedizen; dizen (dress up garishly and tastelessly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
rigout (a person's costume (especially if bizarre))
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