noun · rare

jigger

jigger · jiggers

A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which…A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).

UK/ˈd͡ʒɪɡə/US/ˈd͡ʒɪɡɚ/

» Are you free pouring or jiggering?

Meaning

33 senses

(US)A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).
(US)A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor.
(US, slang)A drink of whiskey.
The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
(UK, dated, slang)A bicycle.
(dated, slang)An automobile.
(dated)A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
A warehouse crane.

Examples

2 sentences

Are you free pouring or jiggering?
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They use Japanese style jiggers.
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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From jig + -er (agent suffix). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary suggests a possible

From jig + -er (agent suffix). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary suggests a possible link to Old High German gīga (“fiddle”), for which see modern German Geige.

Likely a corruption of chigoe. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary suggests a possible derivation from Wolof jiga (“insect”).

A slang term of unknown origin, originally meaning prison. Oxford English Dictionary suggests that its origin might be the same as Etymology 1, above.

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Forms

plural: jiggers

Singular	jigger
Plural	jiggers

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms

rail vehicle:speederB2 handcar

measure of liquor:pony

pottery lathe:jolley

nautical mast:jiggermast

placeholder name:thingamajig

doojigger

alleyway:alley

Close in meaning

any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl:jiggermast
a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey:shot glass pony
larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation:harvest mite chigger redbug