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- 1 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). US
"A good jigger will have a well formed lip that will pour a clean stream into the cocktail shaker or glass."
- 2 A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.
- 3 A prison; a jail cell. archaic, slang
"According to a disciplinary notice, a correctional officer saw a "jigger string" coming from cell H-2 to Harper's cell. A jigger string is used to move objects between cells."
- 4 larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation wordnet
- 5 A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor. US
"“People are so dam’ sensitive about colour around here that you can’t even ask a barman for a jigger of rum. You have to ask for a jegro.”"
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- 6 A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.
- 7 An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses. dated, dialectal
""It's jus' through this jigger and round the back of the next block." She hurried through the alleyway in front of me; the pressing back-yard walls prevented anything more than single file."
- 8 any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl wordnet
- 9 A drink of whiskey. US, slang
- 10 The penis. dated, euphemistic, slang
"Well, they saw a little boy on the street and his penis was hanging out and they said his "jigger" was hanging out, and I said, "Well, maybe his mother didn't tell him differently.""
- 11 a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey wordnet
- 12 The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
- 13 A vagina. euphemistic, slang
"A tiny pulse from Lisette's thigh beat under my ear: stroke, stroke, stroke. I contemplated the thick red bush of her jigger, so close to my face."
- 14 One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
- 15 A door. UK, obsolete
"On getting to the top of the stair, to my disappointment there was a padlock upon the garret jigger; I wheep't out my chive, broke it up, and picked the padlock with the back-spring."
- 16 A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
"Hand jiggers consisted of two iron frames with a spindle in each - the driving spindle with its iron belt pulley approximately 20 inches in diameter and the driven spindle with a small wooden pulley."
- 17 An illegal distillery. slang
- 18 A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
- 19 Ellipsis of jigger gun (“lock pick”). UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang
"Sizing up the padlock, Mac slapped at a webbing pocket for his lock jiggers, but felt nothing."
- 20 A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
- 21 A bicycle. UK, dated, slang
"He made the discovery that the bikestand was vacant and the machine gone. "Where the thump's my jigger?" he exclaimed."
- 22 A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances. dated
- 23 A warehouse crane.
- 24 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.
- 25 A jiggermast.
- 26 A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl. New-England
- 27 A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
- 28 One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person. archaic
- 29 A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches. New-Zealand
- 30 A placeholder name for any small mechanical device. US
"“an air-brush is a big thing-a-ma-bob or whatcha-callit, full of gas, and when you turn on a little jigger, it causes compressed air to squeeze out, which, in turn, going through a needle—” “That wasn't part of the contract, Mr. Jones,” […]"
- 31 A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks. New-Zealand
- 32 The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
- 33 An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
- 34 A streetcar drawn by a single horse. archaic
- 35 A kind of early electric cash register. archaic
- 36 A total station or its predecessor, a theodolite. Australia, slang
- 1 To alter or adjust, particularly in ways not originally intended. transitive
"You'll have to jigger it from the original specifications to get it to work."
- 2 To imprison. obsolete, slang
"...offering to swear an alibi for the prisoner [...] to ensure an acquittal. Terms: £50 for value received. No pay if jiggered."
- 3 To use a jigger. transitive
- 4 To confound; to damn. archaic, slang
"jigger me, but I think you be turning jest into earnest,"
- 5 To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball. transitive
"He could jigger the ball o'er a steeple tall as most men would jigger a cop."
Etymology
From jig + -er (agent suffix). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary suggests a possible link to Old High German gīga (“fiddle”).
From jig + -er (agent suffix). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary suggests a possible link to Old High German gīga (“fiddle”).
Likely a corruption of chigoe. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary suggests a possible derivation from Wolof jiga (“insect”).
A slang term of unknown origin, originally meaning prison. Oxford English Dictionary suggests that its origin might be the same as Etymology 1, above.
A slang term of unknown origin, originally meaning prison. Oxford English Dictionary suggests that its origin might be the same as Etymology 1, above.
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