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jigger
1[ jig-er ]
noun
- a person or thing that jigs.
- Nautical.
- the lowermost sail set on a jiggermast.
- a light tackle, as a gun tackle.
- any of various mechanical devices, many of which have a jerky or jolting motion.
- Informal. some contrivance, article, or part that one cannot or does not name more precisely:
What is that little jigger on the pistol?
- Ceramics. a machine for forming plates or the like in a plaster mold rotating beneath a template.
- Mining. a jig for separating ore.
- a jig for fishing.
- Golf. a club with an iron head intermediate between a mashie and a midiron, now rarely used.
- Billiards, Pool. a bridge.
- a 1½-oz. (45-milliliter) measure used in cocktail recipes.
- a small whiskey glass holding 1½ ounces (45 milliliters).
jigger
2[ jig-er ]
jigger
3[ jig-er ]
verb (used with object)
- to interfere with.
- to manipulate or alter, especially in order to get something done illegally or unethically:
to jigger company records to conceal a loss.
jigger
1/ ˈdʒɪɡə /
noun
- a person or thing that jigs
- golf an iron, now obsolete, with a thin blade, used for hitting long shots from a bare lie
- any of a number of mechanical devices having a vibratory or jerking motion
- a light lifting tackle used on ships
- a small glass, esp for whisky, with a capacity of about one and a half ounces
- a light hand- or power-propelled vehicle used on railway lines
- engineering a type of hydraulic lift in which a hydraulic ram operates the lift through a block and tackle which increases the length of the stroke
- a device used when setting a gill net beneath ice
- See jigmining another word for jig
- See jiggermastnautical short for jiggermast
- See bridgebilliards another word for bridge 1
- informal.a device or thing the name of which is unknown or temporarily forgotten
- dialect.an alleyway
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Example Sentences
When I drank at all, I barely bothered to jigger my pours to get the proportions right.
Every jigger and strainer and bar spoon passes through the hands of several artists, all compensated for their efforts before the company ever turns a profit, which may help account for the high price tag.
Serve it as is from the pot for kids; add a jigger of rum, brandy, or Calvados for the grownups.
I mean, if I was trying to jigger into—well, I guess this is my house now, so [ laughter] it probably wouldn't happen.
“I mean, if I was trying to jigger into—well, I guess this is my house now, so it probably wouldn't happen,” he explained.
Here a sort of jigger-tackle held them in a bunch bound fast to a single cable, capable of being directed by one arm.
Turpin treated him as he had done the dub at the knapping jigger, and cleared the driver and his little wain with ease.
Something tells me that my tongue is doomed to wag forever to the jigger of that remorseless jingle.
If he pulled the mid-iron from his bag the jigger would be placed in nomination.
He said he felt pains in his interior, and drank a jigger of whisky.
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