var. of chigger
jigger
- a person who jigs
- a small cup or glass used to measure liquor, containing usually 1 fluid ounces
- the quantity of liquor in a jigger
- any device or contraption whose name does not occur to one; gadget
- jig (noun)
- Mech.
- any of several devices that operate with a jerky, reciprocating motion
- a device used in making ceramic ware that consists of a rotating molded plaster form that shapes clay into a number of identical plates, bowls, etc.
- Naut.
- a small tackle, as for hoisting
- the smaller, aftermost sail of a yawl or ketch
- jiggermast
to adjust, alter, rearrange, or manipulate: to jigger the financial records
Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"jigger." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 15 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Jigger>.
APA Style
jigger. (n.d.). Retrieved January 15th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Jigger
jigger
noun
- A person who jigs or operates a jig.
- a. A small measure for liquor, usually holding 112 ounces.b. This amount of liquor.
- A device, such as a drill, that operates with a jerking or jolting motion.
- Nautical a. A light all-purpose tackle.b. A small sail set in the stern of a yawl or similar boat.c. A boat having such a sail.d. A jigger mast.
- Informal An article or a device, the name of which eludes one.
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"jigger." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 15 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Jigger>.
APA Style
jigger. (n.d.). Retrieved January 15th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Jigger
Noun
(plural jiggers)
- 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.
- One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
- The sieve used in jigging ore.
- A measure of 1 1/2 fluid ounces of liquor.
- (pottery) A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
- (textiles) A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
- A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
- A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera.
- (golf, dated) A wooden or metal headed golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
- (nautical) 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.
- (nautical) A jiggermast.
- A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
- 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.
- (dialect, Scouse, dated) An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present jiggers, present participle jiggering, simple past and past participle jiggered)
- 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.
- (pottery) To use a jigger.
English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"jigger." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 15 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Jigger>.
APA Style
jigger. (n.d.). Retrieved January 15th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Jigger
jigger - Medical Definition
The American Heritage Dictionary of Medicine © 2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"jigger." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 15 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Jigger>.
APA Style
jigger. (n.d.). Retrieved January 15th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Jigger
Sentence Examples
- The Bloody Bullet - Pour four ounces of a fruit-flavored energy drink, such as Red Bull; three ounces of grain alcohol, such as Everclear, and a splash of Daiquiri mix into a mixer or jigger.
- The nigua, the Cuban jigger, is a pest of serious consequence, and the mal de nigua (jigger sickness) sometimes causes the death of lower animals and men.
- Of the Sarcopsyllidae the best known species is the "jigger" or "chigoe" (Dermatophilus penetrans), indigenous in tropical South America and introduced into West Africa during the second half of last century.
- The impregnated female jigger burrows into the feet of men and dogs, and becomes distended with eggs until its abdomen attains the size and appearance of a small pea.
- In later improvements the secondary circuit of this jigger was interrupted by a small condenser, and the terminals of the relay and local cell were connected to the plates of this condenser, whilst the sensitive tube was attached to the outer ends of the secondary circuit.
» more...
WORDS NEAR jigger IN THE DICTIONARY
- jigger
- jiggambobs
- jigged
- jiggeh