jigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡɚ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡə/
rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: jiggers
Etymology: From jig + -er (agent suffix). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary suggests a possible link to Old High German gīga (“fiddle”).
Senses: examples: text: A good jigger will have a well formed lip that will pour a clean stream into the cocktail shaker or glass.
ref: 2000, Robert B. Hess, drinkboy.com
text: 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.
ref: 2015 August 22, Robert Simonson, “Sasha Petraske, 42, Dies; Bar Owner Restored Luster to Cocktail Culture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: 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).
examples: text: “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.”
ref: 1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 13, in Diamonds Are Forever:
glosses: A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor.
glosses: A drink of whiskey.
topics: business
mining
glosses: The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
topics: business
mining
glosses: One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2004, thepotteries.org, Jiggering:
qualifier: pottery
glosses: A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
glosses: A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
examples: text: He made the discovery that the bikestand was vacant and the machine gone. "Where the thump's my jigger?" he exclaimed.
ref: 1932, Frank Richards, “The Complete Outsider”, in The Magnet:
glosses: A bicycle.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
glosses: A warehouse crane.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: 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.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A jiggermast.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
glosses: One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.
glosses: A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
examples: text: “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,” […]
ref: 1915, Printers' Ink, page 119:
glosses: A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
glosses: The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
glosses: A streetcar drawn by a single horse.
glosses: A kind of early electric cash register.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
glosses: A total station or its predecessor, a theodolite.
Synonyms: sense: pottery lathe
word: jolley
sense: nautical mast
word: jiggermast
sense: measure of liquor
word: pony
sense: placeholder name
word: thingamajig
word: doojigger
word: thingy
sense: rail vehicle
word: handcar
sense: rail vehicle
word: speeder
Derived terms: jiggerman
jiggermast