jiggered

jiggered

(ˈdʒɪɡəd)

adj (postpositive)

1. informal damned; blowed: I'm jiggered if he'll get away with it.

2. (sometimes foll by up) dialect Scot and Northern English tired out

[C19: probably euphemism for buggered; see bugger]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

jiggered - (British informal expletive) surprised; "Well I'm jiggered!" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom surprised - taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression"

Translations

jiggered

[ˈdʒɪgəd] ADJ well I'm jiggered! (Brit) → ¡caramba!
I'm jiggered if I will → que me cuelguen si lo hago

jiggered

adj (inf) well, I’ll be jiggered! → da bin ich aber platt (inf) → or baff (inf); I’m jiggered if I’ll do it → den Teufel werde ich tun (inf); to be jiggered (= tired) → kaputt sein (inf)