Associations to the word «Jigger»

JIGGER, noun. (US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1 1/2 fluid ounces, the other typically 1 fluid ounce.

JIGGER, noun. (US) A measure of 1 1/2 fluid ounces of liquor.

JIGGER, noun. (mining) The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.

JIGGER, noun. (mining) One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.

JIGGER, noun. (pottery) A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.

JIGGER, noun. (textiles) A device used in the dyeing of cloth.

JIGGER, noun. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.

JIGGER, noun. (golf) (dated) A wooden or metal headed golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.

JIGGER, noun. (nautical) 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.

JIGGER, noun. (nautical) A jiggermast.

JIGGER, noun. (nautical) (New England) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.

JIGGER, noun. (fishing) A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.

JIGGER, noun. (archaic) One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.

JIGGER, noun. (New Zealand) A short board or plank inserted into tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.

JIGGER, noun. (US) A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.

JIGGER, verb. To alter or adjust, particularly in ways not originally intended.

JIGGER, verb. (pottery) To use a jigger.

JIGGER, verb. To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.

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

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

JIGGER, noun. (slang) (archaic) A prison; a jail cell.

JIGGER, noun. (dialect) (Scouse) (dated) An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.

JIGGER, noun. (slang) (euphemism) A penis.

JIGGER, noun. (slang) (euphemism) A vagina.

JIGGER, noun. (slang) A door.

JIGGER, noun. (slang) An illegal distillery.

JIGGER, verb. (slang) (obsolete) To imprison.

JIGGER, verb. (slang) (archaic) To confound; to damn.

JIGGER MAST, noun. Alternative spelling of jiggermast

JIGGER, noun. A small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey.

JIGGER, noun. Any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl.

JIGGER, noun. Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation.