Definitions for jiggerˈdʒɪg ər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jig•gerˈdʒɪg ər(n.)
a person or thing that jigs.
any of various sails.
Category: Nautical, Navy
any of various mechanical devices, many of which have a jerky or jolting motion.
some contrivance, article, or part that one cannot or does not name more precisely.
Category: Informal
a measure of 1½ oz. (45 ml) used in cocktail recipes. a small whiskey glass holding this amount.
a machine for forming ceramic plates or the like in a plaster mold rotating beneath a template.
Category: Ceramics
Category: Sport
Ref: jig1 (def. 2). 1 2
Origin of jigger:
1665–75
jig•gerˈdʒɪg ər(n.)
Also called jig′ger flea`.
Category: Entomology
Ref: chigoe
Category: Dialect
Ref: chigger (def. 1). 1
Origin of jigger:
1750–60; var. of chigger
jig•gerˈdʒɪg ər(v.t.)
to jerk rapidly; jig.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to manipulate or alter, esp. for illegal or unethical purposes.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of jigger:
1865–70
Princeton's WordNet
shot glass, jigger, pony(noun)
a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
jiggermast, jigger(noun)
any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl
harvest mite, chigger, jigger, redbug(noun)
larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
Wiktionary
jigger(Noun)
A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1 1/2 fluid ounces, the other typically 1 fluid ounce.
jigger(Noun)
One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
jigger(Noun)
The sieve used in jigging ore.
jigger(Noun)
A measure of 1 1/2 fluid ounces of liquor.
jigger(Noun)
A device for producing flatware.
jigger(Noun)
A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
jigger(Noun)
A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
jigger(Noun)
A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera.
jigger(Noun)
A wooden or metal headed golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
jigger(Verb)
To alter or adjust, particularly in ways not originally intended.
You'll have to jigger it from the original specifications to get it to work.
jigger(Verb)
To use a jigger.
jigger(Noun)
A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.
jigger(Noun)
The smallest mast on a ship.
jigger(Noun)
A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
jigger(Noun)
A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes. It consists of a plank of wood with an arm on it with a sharp metal tooth on the end of the arm. A rope is tied to the arm which, when pulled, propels the plank along the underside of the ice because the tooth catches the ice. Releasing the rope allows the tooth to sink away from the ice, and when the rope is tightened again, the tooth grabs the ice farther along, allowing the jigger to crawl along the underside of the ice.
jigger(Noun)
An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.
Webster Dictionary
Jigger(noun)
a species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe
Jigger(u)
one who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging
Jigger(u)
a horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel
Jigger(u)
a templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel
Jigger(u)
a light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle
Jigger(u)
a small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl
Jigger(u)
a supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b)
Jigger(noun)
a pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i)
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