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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.

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jig·ger ²  (jgr)

n.

1. See chigger.

2. See chigoe.

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[Variant of chigger.]

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jigger

Noun

a small whisky glass

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jigger - a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey shot glass, pony 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 jiggermast mast - a vertical spar for supporting sails
	3.	jigger - larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation harvest mite, redbug, chigger 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