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jigger
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jig·ger 1  (jgr)
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.

jig·ger 2  (jgr)
n.
1. See chigger.
2. See chigoe.

[Variant of chigger.]

jigger
Noun
a small whisky glass
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jiggerjigger - a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
drinking glass, glass - a container for holding liquids while drinking
2.jigger - any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl
mast - a vertical spar for supporting sails
3.jigger - larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
trombiculid - mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates
genus Trombicula, Trombicula - type genus of the family Trombiculidae


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The female jigger flea penetrates into the skin of its host, undergoes a peculiar hypertrophy, expels several hundred eggs for a period of [less than or equal to] 3 weeks, and eventually dies.
 
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