Jigger - English meaning

noun

A machine or vehicle with a part that rocks or moves to and fro, e.g. a jigsaw.

Usage examples:

They invented a jigger that pulls nets under the ice

noun

A person who dances a jig.

noun

A small sail set at the stern of a ship.

Usage examples:

What is needed is an incentive for fishers in new zealand waters to use jiggers, a ban on trawling …

noun

A measure or small glass of spirits or wine.

Usage examples:

A jigger or two of rum

noun

A rest for a billiard cue.

noun

A metal golf club with a narrow face.

Usage examples:

Clubs were named rather than numbered so i have jiggers, cleeks, mashies, spoons [and] mussel-backs…

noun

A small hand- or power-operated railway vehicle used by railway workers.

Usage examples:

I'm not taking a jigger to wellingtown tomorrow.

verb

Rearrange or tamper with.

Usage examples:

Conventional price indexes often jigger the market basket's content

noun

Variant spelling of chigger.

noun

A tropical flea, the female of which burrows and lays eggs beneath the host's skin, causing painful sores.

noun

A harvest mite.

noun

A small, round metal container used for measuring strong alcoholic drinks, or the amount of alcohol that this container holds

Usage examples:

The ruling party jiggered the election results to stay in power.