Word: jigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 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. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒɪɡə/ 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). Labels: US Example: A good jigger will have a well formed lip that will pour a clean stream into the cocktail shaker or glass. Example: 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. Labels: US Example: “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. A drink of whiskey. Labels: US, slang 4. The sieve used in sorting or separating ore. 5. One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging. 6. A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware. Example: 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. A device used in the dyeing of cloth. 8. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather. 9. A bicycle. Labels: UK, dated, slang Example: He made the discovery that the bikestand was vacant and the machine gone. "Where the thump's my jigger?" he exclaimed. 10. An automobile. Labels: dated, slang Example: '[…] And that's your little jigger waiting then? I'm looking forward to something on four wheels myself, but so far I have to be content with two.' 'It's hardly worth while offering you a lift,' said Carrados, when they were in the road, 'but if you don't mind I should like to walk with you as far as your gate.' 11. A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances. Labels: dated 12. A warehouse crane. 13. 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. 14. A jiggermast. 15. A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl. Labels: New-England 16. A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes. 17. One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person. Labels: archaic 18. A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches. Labels: New-Zealand 19. A placeholder name for any small mechanical device. Labels: US Example: “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,” […] 20. A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks. Labels: New-Zealand 21. The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards. 22. An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race. 23. A streetcar drawn by a single horse. Labels: archaic 24. A kind of early electric cash register. Labels: archaic 25. A total station or its predecessor, a theodolite. Labels: Australia, slang