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jig⋅ger

1  [jig-er]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that jigs.
2. Nautical.
a. the lowermost sail set on a jiggermast.
b. jiggermast.
c. a light tackle, as a gun tackle.
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.
10.
a. a 1 1/2 -oz. (45-ml) measure used in cocktail recipes.
b. a small whiskey glass holding 1 1/2 oz. (45 ml).
Origin:
1665–75; jig 1 + -er 1
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jig⋅ger

2  [jig-er]
–noun
1. Also called jigger flea. chigoe.
2. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. chigger.
Origin:
1750–60; var. of chigger

jig⋅ger

3  [jig-er]
–verb (used with object)
1. to interfere with.
2. to manipulate or alter, esp. in order to get something done illegally or unethically: to jigger company records to conceal a loss.
Origin:
1865–70; jig 2 (in verbal sense) + -er 6

jig

2  [jig] noun, verb, jigged, jig⋅ging, adjective
–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
7. to dance or play a jig.
8. to move with a quick, jerky motion; hop; bob.
—Idioms
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.
Origin:
1550–60; in earliest sense “kind of dance” perh. < MF giguer to frolic, gambol, prob. < an unattested WGmc verb (cf. gig 1 ); semantic development of other senses unclear

Related forms:
jiglike, jiggish, adjective

chig⋅ger

  [chig-er]
–noun
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.
Also, jigger.

Origin:
1735–45, Americanism; var. of chigoe

chig⋅oe

  [chig-oh]
–noun
a flea, Tunga penetrans, of tropical America and Africa, the impregnated female of which embeds itself in the skin, esp. of the feet, of humans and animals and becomes greatly distended with eggs.
Also called chigoe flea, chigger, jigger, sand flea.

Origin:
1685–95; < Carib

jig⋅ger⋅mast

  [jig-er-mast, -mahst; Naut. jig-er-muhst]
–noun Nautical.
1. a small mast set well aft in a boat or ship; mizzenmast.
2. the fourth mast from forward in a ship having five or more masts.
Also, jigger mast.
Also called jigger.

Origin:
1825–35; jigger 1 + mast 1
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chig·ger   (chĭg'ər)   
n.  

  1. Any of various small, six-legged larvae of mites of the family Trombiculidae, parasitic on insects, humans, and other vertebrates. The chigger's bite produces a wheal that is usually accompanied by severe itching. Also called chigoe, harvest bug, harvest mite, jigger2, red bug.

  2. See chigoe.


[Alteration of chigoe.]
chig·oe   (chĭg'ō, chē'gō)   
n.  

  1. A small tropical flea (Tunga penetrans), the fertilized female of which burrows under the skin of animals and humans, causing intense irritation and sores that may become severely infected. Also called chigger, jigger2, sand flea.

  2. See chigger.


[Possibly from Galibi chico or of African origin; see jigger2.]
jig·ger 1   (jĭg'ər)   
n.  

  1. A person who jigs or operates a jig.

    1. A small measure for liquor, usually holding 1 1/2 ounces.

    2. This amount of liquor.

    3. A light all-purpose tackle.

    4. A small sail set in the stern of a yawl or similar boat.

    5. A boat having such a sail.

    6. A jigger mast.

  3. A device, such as a drill, that operates with a jerking or jolting motion.

  4. Nautical

    1. A light all-purpose tackle.

    2. A small sail set in the stern of a yawl or similar boat.

    3. A boat having such a sail.

    4. A jigger mast.

  5. Informal An article or a device, the name of which eludes one.

jig·ger 2   (jĭg'ər)   
n.  

  1. See chigger.

  2. See chigoe.


[Variant of chigger.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
jig [dʒɪg]

  1. tv. & in.
    to copulate [with] someone. (Usually objectionable.) : She's claiming they jigged twice.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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jigger

  1. n.
    a drink of whiskey. (The standard term for a small container used for measuring the right amount of liquor for a drink.) : How about another jigger of that shine?
  2. n.
    a cigarette. : You got a jigger I can bum?
  3. n.
    a gadget. : Toss me one of those copper jiggers there in the box.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

jig 
"lively dance," c.1560, perhaps related to M.Fr. giguer "to dance," or to the source of Ger. Geige "violin." Meaning "piece of sport, trick" is 1592, now mainly in phrase the jig is up (first attested 1777 as the jig is over).

jigger 
"1.5-ounce shot glass," 1836, from jigger, a 1756 alteration of chigger "tiny mite or flea" (q.v.). As a name for various appliances, it is attested from 1825, from jig (q.v.).

chigger 
1756, from W.Indies chigoe (1668), possibly from Carib, or of African origin (cf. Wolof and Yoruba jiga "insect").
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: chig·ger
Pronunciation: 'chig-&r, 'jig-
Function: noun
1 : CHIGOE1
2 : a 6-legged mite larva of the family Trombiculidae that sucks the blood of vertebrates and causes intense irritation

Main Entry: chi·goe
Pronunciation: 'chig-(")O, 'chE-(")gO
Function: noun
1 : a tropical flea belonging to the genus Tunga (T.penetrans) of which the fertile female causes great discomfort by burrowing under the skin called also chigger, sand flea
2 : CHIGGER 2

Main Entry: jig·ger
Pronunciation: 'jig-&r
Function: noun
: CHIGGER
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Medical Dictionary

chigger (chĭg'ər)
n.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

jigger jig·ger2 (jĭg'ər)
n.

  1. See chigger.

  2. See chigoe.

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