jiggernoun詞源 1/ˈd͡ʒɪɡɚ/

• 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).

  • A good jigger will have a well formed lip that will pour a clean stream into the cocktail shaker or glass.
  • He also championed the “bartender’s choice” found on many cocktail menus, the use of jiggers to measure out drinks, and even the ubiquitous use of cucumber slices in water glasses.
• 2

  A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor.

  • “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.”
• 3

  slangA drink of whiskey.

• 4

  businessminingThe sieve used in sorting or separating ore.

• 5

  businessminingOne who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.

• 6

  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.
• 7

  businessmanufacturingtextilesA device used in the dyeing of cloth.

• 8

  A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.

jiggerverb詞源 1/ˈd͡ʒɪɡɚ/

• 1

  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.
• 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.

  • He could jigger the ball o'er a steeple tall as most men would jigger a cop.

jiggernoun詞源 2/ˈd͡ʒɪɡɚ/

• 1

  A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.

• 2

  A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.

jiggernoun詞源 3/ˈd͡ʒɪɡɚ/

• 1

  archaicslangA prison; a jail cell.

  • 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.
• 2

  dateddialectalAn alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.

  • "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.
• 3

  datedslangThe penis.

  • 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."
• 4

  slangA vagina.

  • 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.
• 5

  obsoleteA door.

  • 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.
  • "Crash the cull—down with him—down with him before he dubs the jigger. Tip him the degan, Fib, fake him through and through; if he pikes we shall all be scragged."
• 6

  slangAn illegal distillery.

jiggerverb詞源 3/ˈd͡ʒɪɡɚ/

• 1

  obsoleteslangTo imprison.

  • ...offering to swear an alibi for the prisoner [...] to ensure an acquittal. Terms: £50 for value received. No pay if jiggered.
• 2

  archaicslangTo confound; to damn.

  • jigger me, but I think you be turning jest into earnest,
  • It had always been his habit to say, "I will be jiggered," but this time he said, "I am jiggered."

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• jigger gun