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jigger

UK /ˈd͡ʒɪɡə/US /ˈd͡ʒɪɡɚ/

noun34

  1. (US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).
  2. (US) A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor.
  3. (US, slang) A drink of whiskey.
  4. A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.
  5. A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.
  6. (dialect, old-fashioned) An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.
  7. (slang, old-fashioned) The penis.
  8. (slang, euphemistic) A vagina.
  9. (US) A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.
  10. (old-fashioned) A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
  11. A jiggermast.
  12. 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. A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
  14. (slang, old-fashioned) A bicycle.
  15. (slang, old-fashioned) An automobile.
  16. (New-Zealand) A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
  17. One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
  18. The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
  19. A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
  20. (slang) An illegal distillery.
  21. An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
  22. A warehouse crane.
  23. (New-England) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
  24. A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
  25. The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
  26. (New-Zealand) A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
  27. (Australia, slang) A total station or its predecessor, a theodolite.
  28. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
  29. (UK, slang) Ellipsis of jigger gun (“lock pick”).
  30. (no longer used) One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.
  31. (slang, no longer used) A prison; a jail cell.
  32. (no longer used) A streetcar drawn by a single horse.
  33. (no longer used) A kind of early electric cash register.
  34. (UK, no longer used) A door.

verb5

  1. To alter or adjust, particularly in ways not originally intended.
  2. To use a jigger.
  3. To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.
  4. (slang, no longer used) To confound; to damn.
  5. (slang, no longer used) To imprison.
forms

jiggered · jiggering · jiggers

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