different between rigger vs dogman

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

Etymology

dog +? -man

Pronunciation

Noun

dogman (plural dogmen)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) An assistant to a crane operator, responsible for securing the crane's load and directing the operator.
   • 1998, Meredith Burgmann, Verity Burgmann, Green Bans, Red Union: Environmental Activism and the New South Wales Builders Labourers? Federation, page 108,

     Accordingly, during 1972 the union embarked upon a concerted campaign to enforce the use of two dogmen on each crane.

   • 2005, Henry Pollack, The Accidental Developer: The Fascinating Rise to the Top of Mirvac Founder Henry Pollack, page 243,

     The usual crane crew required for operation of the site was one crane driver and two dogmen, but the BLF insisted that the builder keep a relief crane driver and a relief dogman permanently on site.

   • 2010, Raymond D. Clements, Aussie Rogue, page 59,

     The only work I had done as a dogman was to use a crane on the back of a truck ‘slinging loads’ and work the crane and truck myself.

2. A man who trains dogs for the bloodsport of dogfighting.
3. (cryptozoology) An alleged cryptid that is part man, part dog.
4. Alternative form of dog man

Translations

Anagrams

• godman

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Adjective

dogman

1. accusative singular of dogma