chigger /ˈt͡ʃɪɡɚ/ noun3 •A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates. •A harvest mite (Trombiculidae spp.), a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching.After we had been out about four days the entire army was attacked by ‘chiggers’. They are tiny insects, millions of them, who have made their home on the Kansas prairie. — 1933 •(slang, offensive) An East Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical urban African American.—He's not black, Stacia Jacobs who smelled like pee said. — He's yellow and black. He's a chigger. Do you know what a chigger is? It's a chink and a nigger. — 2007 formschiggers