jigger

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

jiggersgiggergygerjegger

1.
(US)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.
2.
(US)A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor.
3.
(US, slang)A drink of whiskey.
4.
(mining) The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
5.
(mining) One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
6.
(pottery) A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
7.
(textiles) A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
8.
A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
9.
(UK, dated, slang)A bicycle.
10.
(dated, slang)An automobile.
11.
(dated)(golf, dated) A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
12.
A warehouse crane.

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verb

V_es/s

jiggers

V_ing/Gerund

jiggering

V_ed/pp

jiggeredgigger

1.
(transitive)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.
(transitive)(pottery, transitive) To use a jigger.
3.
(transitive)To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.
4.
(obsolete, slang)To imprison.
5.
(archaic, slang)To confound; to damn.

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Đồng nghĩa

ponyjiggermastdoojiggerthingamajig jolleyhandcarspeederpottery lathe jolleynautical mast jiggermastmeasure of liquor ponyrail vehicle handcar; speeder

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jiggermanjiggermastfudge tweak

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From jig + -er. ''Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary'' suggests a possible link to Old High German gīga (fiddle), for which see modern Geige.