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Jigger

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Noun

1. jigger, pony, shot glass

a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey

2. jigger, jiggermast

any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl

3. chigger, harvest mite, jigger, redbug

larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Jigger

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noun
1. 
a person or thing that jigs
2. golf
an iron, now obsolete, with a thin blade, used for hitting long shots from a bare lie
3. 
any of a number of mechanical devices having a vibratory or jerking motion
4. 
a light lifting tackle used on ships
5. 
a small glass, esp for whisky, with a capacity of about one and a half ounces
6. New Zealand
a light hand- or power-propelled vehicle used on railway lines
7. engineering
a type of hydraulic lift in which a hydraulic ram operates the lift through a block and tackle which increases the length of the stroke
8. Canadian
a device used when setting a gill net beneath ice
9. mining another word for jig (sense 5)
10. nautical short for jiggermast
11. billiards another word for bridge1 (sense 10)
12. US and Canadian informal
a device or thing the name of which is unknown or temporarily forgotten
13. Liverpool dialect
an alleyway
noun
other names for the chigoe (sense 1)

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Jigger

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noun
US; var. of
chigger
noun
1. 
a person who jigs
2.  US
a. 
a small cup or glass used to measure liquor, containing usually 11⁄2 fluid ounces
b. 
the quantity of liquor in a jigger
3. 
any device or contraption whose name does not occur to one; gadget
4. 
jig1 (sense 2)
5.  Mechanics
a. 
any of several devices that operate with a jerky, reciprocating motion
b. 
a device used in making ceramic ware that consists of a rotating molded plaster form that shapes clay into a number of identical plates, bowls, etc.
6.  Nautical
a. 
a small tackle, as for hoisting
b. 
the smaller, aftermost sail of a yawl or ketch
c. 
jiggermast
verb transitive
7. 
to adjust, alter, rearrange, or manipulate
to jigger the financial records

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Jigger

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n.
1. A person who jigs or operates a jig.
2.
a. A small measure for liquor, usually holding 1 1/2 ounces.
b. This amount of liquor.
3. A device, such as a drill, that operates with a jerking or jolting motion.
4. Nautical
a. A light all-purpose tackle.
b. A small sail set in the stern of a yawl or similar boat.
c. A boat having such a sail.
d. A jigger mast.
5. Informal An article or a device, the name of which eludes one.
n.
1. See chigger.
2. See chigoe.
tr.v. jig·gered, jig·ger·ing, jig·gers
To tamper with or manipulate (data, for example) so as to achieve a desired result.

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