jigger.
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).
Meaning & usage
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).
A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor.
A drink of whiskey.
The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
A bicycle.
An automobile.
A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
A warehouse crane.
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.
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.
One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.
A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.
A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
A streetcar drawn by a single horse.
A kind of early electric cash register.
A total station or its predecessor, a theodolite.
Where this word comes from
From jig + -er (agent suffix). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary suggests a possible link to Old High German gīga (“fiddle”), for which see modern German Geige.
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.
To use a jigger.
To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.
Where this word comes from
From jig + -er (agent suffix). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary suggests a possible link to Old High German gīga (“fiddle”), for which see modern German Geige.
A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.
A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.
Where this word comes from
Likely a corruption of chigoe. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary suggests a possible derivation from Wolof jiga (“insect”).
A prison; a jail cell.
An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.
The penis.
A vagina.
A door.
An illegal distillery.
Ellipsis of jigger gun (“lock pick”).
Where this word comes from
A slang term of unknown origin, originally meaning prison. Oxford English Dictionary suggests that its origin might be the same as Etymology 1, above.
To imprison.
To confound; to damn.
Where this word comes from
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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