different between rigger vs bigger

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????/
• Homophones: rigor, rigour
• Rhymes: -???(?)

Etymology 1

rig +? -er

Noun

rigger (plural riggers)

1. One who rigs or dresses; as:
   1. One whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship or of a counterweight system.
   2. One whose occupation is to lift and move large and heavy objects (such as industrial machinery) with the help of cables, hoists, and other equipment.
   3. (animation) One whose occupation is to outfit a computer model with controls for animation.
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. (New Zealand) A plastic bottle of beer, typically between 1 L to 2.5 L volume.
5. 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.
6. (BDSM) A person who applies functional or artistic rope bondage to another person's body.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation

Noun

rigger (plural riggers)

1. (paraskiing) Ellipsis of outrigger

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rigger m

1. indefinite plural of rigg

Verb

rigger

1. present of rigge

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?b???/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b???/
• Rhymes: -???(r)

Adjective

bigger

1. comparative form of big: more big
   • 1812, A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts (Walter Scott, John Somers), page 146:

     That whereas, and whereby, and by which, the major, and most greater, and most bigger, and most stronger party, […]

Translations

Verb

bigger (third-person singular simple present biggers, present participle biggering, simple past and past participle biggered)

1. (nonstandard, rare) To make or become bigger.

See also

• biggers

Anagrams

• brigge