jigger
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
fishing
geography
golf
hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
manufacturing
mining
natural-sciences
nautical
pets
racing
rail-transport
railways
sports
surveying
textiles
transport
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.
Base: jig
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: jiggers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: jiggers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: jiggering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: jiggered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: jiggered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: 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.
gloss: A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: “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.”
gloss: A drink of whiskey.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
gloss: The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
pos: noun
gloss: One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
pos: noun
gloss: A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
pos: noun
gloss: A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
pos: noun
gloss: A bicycle.
pos: noun
tags: UK
dated
slang
examples: He made the discovery that the bikestand was vacant and the machine gone. "Where the thump's my jigger?" he exclaimed.
gloss: An automobile.
pos: noun
tags: dated
slang
examples: '[…] 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.'
gloss: A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
pos: noun
tags: dated
gloss: A warehouse crane.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: A jiggermast.
pos: noun
gloss: A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
pos: noun
tags: New-England
gloss: A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
pos: noun
gloss: One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
pos: noun
tags: New-Zealand
gloss: A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: “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,” […]
gloss: A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
pos: noun
tags: New-Zealand
gloss: The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
pos: noun
gloss: An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
pos: noun
gloss: A streetcar drawn by a single horse.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: A kind of early electric cash register.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: A total station or its predecessor, a theodolite.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
slang
gloss: To alter or adjust, particularly in ways not originally intended.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: You'll have to jigger it from the original specifications to get it to work.
gloss: To use a jigger.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He could jigger the ball o'er a steeple tall as most men would jigger a cop.
Synonyms: doojigger
handcar
speeder
Related words: fudge
tweak
Derived words: jiggerman
jiggermast
jiggerer
jiggered
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