What does jigger mean?

Definitions for jigger
ˈdʒɪg ərjig·ger

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. shot glass, jigger, ponynoun

    a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey

  2. jiggermast, jiggernoun

    any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl

  3. harvest mite, chigger, jigger, redbugnoun

    larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation

GCIDE

  1. Jiggernoun

    A small glass or measuring vessel holding 1

Wiktionary

  1. jiggernoun

    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.

  2. jiggernoun

    One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.

  3. jiggernoun

    The sieve used in jigging ore.

  4. jiggernoun

    A measure of 1 1/2 fluid ounces of liquor.

  5. jiggernoun

    A device for producing flatware.

  6. jiggernoun

    A device used in the dyeing of cloth.

  7. jiggernoun

    A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.

  8. jiggernoun

    A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera.

  9. jiggernoun

    A wooden or metal headed golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.

  10. jiggerverb

    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.

  11. jiggerverb

    To use a jigger.

  12. jiggernoun

    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.

  13. jiggernoun

    The smallest mast on a ship.

  14. jiggernoun

    A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.

  15. jiggernoun

    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.

  16. jiggernoun

    An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.

ChatGPT

  1. jigger

    A jigger is a tool used in bartending to measure and pour alcohol or other liquid ingredients. It is typically made of metal and has two measuring sides - one that measures 1.5 ounces and another that measures 0.75 ounces. These sizes can vary, but the larger side is usually double the volume of the smaller side.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jiggernoun

    a species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe

  2. Jigger

    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

  3. Jigger

    a horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel

  4. Jigger

    a templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel

  5. Jigger

    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

  6. Jigger

    a small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl

  7. Jigger

    a supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b)

  8. Jiggernoun

    a pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i)

  9. Etymology: [See Jig, n. & v.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Jigger

    jig′gėr, n. a corruption of chigoe.

  2. Jigger

    jig′gėr, n. anything that jigs: one of many kinds of subsidiary appliances, as an apparatus for separating ores by jolting in sieves in water, a simple potter's wheel or a template or profile used with it, a warehouse crane, the bridge or rest for the cue in billiards: an old-fashioned sloop-rigged boat: a one-horse street car: a machine for exhibiting on a dial at once the prices at which sales are made, controlled by electric mechanism with a key-board: (slang) a drink of whisky.—v.t. to jerk or shake.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. jigger

    A light tackle used to hold on the cable when it is heaved into the ship. (See HOLDING-ON.) Also, a small sail rigged out on a mast and boom from the stern of a cutter, boat, &c.--Fleet-jigger. A term used by the man who holds on the jigger, when by its distance from the windlass it becomes necessary to fleet, or replace it in a proper state for action. When the man gives the above notice, another at the windlass immediately fixes his handspike between the deck and the cable, so as to jam the latter to the windlass, and prevent it from running out till the jigger is replaced on the cable near the windlass.

  2. jigger

    A very teazing sand-flea, which penetrates and breeds under the skin of the feet, but particularly at the toes. It must be removed, or it occasions dreadful sores. The operation is effected by a needle; but the sac which contains the brood must not be broken, or the whole foot would be infected, if any remained in it.

  3. jigger

    A very minute insect of tropical countries, which pierces the thick skin of the foot, and breeds there, producing great pain. It is neatly extricated with its sac entire by clever negroes.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jigger in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jigger in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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