Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rigging monkey

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: rig-ging -mon-key
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A crewmember of a sailing vessel whose primary responsibility is to climb the mast, usually with the assistance of a boatswain's chair, in order to work on the rigging of the ship.

Inflected Forms

rigging monkeys (plural)

Questions

What does rigging monkey mean?: A crewmember of a sailing vessel whose primary responsibility is to climb the mast, usually with the assistance of a boatswain's chair, in order to work on the rigging of the ship.

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