| 1. | a person or thing that jigs. |
| 2. | Nautical.
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| 3. | any of various mechanical devices, many of which have a jerky or jolting motion. |
| 4. | Informal. some contrivance, article, or part that one cannot or does not name more precisely: What is that little jigger on the pistol? |
| 5. | Ceramics. a machine for forming plates or the like in a plaster mold rotating beneath a template. |
| 6. | Mining. a jig for separating ore. |
| 7. | a jig for fishing. |
| 8. | Golf. a club with an iron head intermediate between a mashie and a midiron, now rarely used. |
| 9. | Billiards, Pool. a bridge. |
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noun, verb, jigged, jig⋅ging, adjective | 1. | a rapid, lively, springy, irregular dance for one or more persons, usually in triple meter. |
| 2. | a piece of music for or in the rhythm of such a dance. |
| 3. | Obsolete. prank; trick. |
| 4. | to dance (a jig or any lively dance). |
| 5. | to sing or play in the time or rhythm of a jig: to jig a tune. |
| 6. | to move with a jerky or bobbing motion; jerk up and down or to and fro. |
| 7. | to dance or play a jig. |
| 8. | to move with a quick, jerky motion; hop; bob. |
| 9. | in jig time, Informal. with dispatch; rapidly: We sorted the mail in jig time. |
| 10. | the jig is up, Slang. it is hopeless; no chance remains: When the burglar heard the police siren, he knew the jig was up. |

| 1. | Also called harvest mite, redbug. the six-legged larva of a mite of the family Trombiculidae, parasitic on humans and other vertebrates, sucking blood and causing severe itching and acting as a vector of scrub typhus and other infectious diseases. |
| 2. | chigoe. |
chig·ger (chĭg'ər) n.
[Alteration of chigoe.] |
chig·oe (chĭg'ō, chē'gō) n.
[Possibly from Galibi chico or of African origin; see jigger2.] |
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chigger (chĭg'ər)
n.
The six-legged larva of mites of the family Trombiculidae, parasitic on humans and other vertebrates and inflicting a bite that produces a wheal accompanied by intense itching. Also called harvest bug, harvest mite, jigger, red bug.
Chigoe.
chigoe chig·oe (chĭg'ō)
n.
A small tropical flea (Tunga penetrans) the fertilized female of which burrows under the skin, frequently under the toenails, causing intense irritation and sores that may become severely infected. Also called , jigger2, sand flea.