Meaning of Jigger | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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
2. A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.
3. A prison; a jail cell.
   archaic, slang
4. A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor.
   US
5. A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.
6. An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.
   dated, dialectal
7. A drink of whiskey.
   US, slang
8. The penis.
   dated, euphemistic, slang
9. The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
10. A vagina.
    euphemistic, slang
11. One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
12. A door.
    UK, obsolete
13. A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
14. An illegal distillery.
    slang
15. A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
16. Ellipsis of jigger gun (“lock pick”).
    UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang
17. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
18. A bicycle.
    UK, dated, slang
19. A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
    dated
20. A warehouse crane.
21. A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.
22. A jiggermast.
23. A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
    New-England
24. A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
25. One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.
    archaic
26. A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
    New-Zealand
27. A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.
    US
28. A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
    New-Zealand
29. The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
30. An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
31. A streetcar drawn by a single horse.
    archaic
32. A kind of early electric cash register.
    archaic
33. A total station or its predecessor, a theodolite.
    Australia, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“A good jigger will have a well formed lip that will pour a clean stream into the cocktail shaker or glass.”

“He also championed the “bartender’s choice” found on many cocktail menus, the use of jiggers to measure out drinks, and even the ubiquitous use of cucumber slices in water glasses.”

““People are so dam’ sensitive about colour around here that you can’t even ask a barman for a jigger of rum. You have to ask for a jegro.””

“Hand jiggers consisted of two iron frames with a spindle in each - the driving spindle with its iron belt pulley approximately 20 inches in diameter and the driven spindle with a small wooden pulley.”

“He made the discovery that the bikestand was vacant and the machine gone. "Where the thump's my jigger?" he exclaimed.”

““an air-brush is a big thing-a-ma-bob or whatcha-callit, full of gas, and when you turn on a little jigger, it causes compressed air to squeeze out, which, in turn, going through a needle—” “That wasn't part of the contract, Mr. Jones,” […]”

“According to a disciplinary notice, a correctional officer saw a "jigger string" coming from cell H-2 to Harper's cell. A jigger string is used to move objects between cells.”

“"It's jus' through this jigger and round the back of the next block." She hurried through the alleyway in front of me; the pressing back-yard walls prevented anything more than single file.”

“Well, they saw a little boy on the street and his penis was hanging out and they said his "jigger" was hanging out, and I said, "Well, maybe his mother didn't tell him differently."”

“A tiny pulse from Lisette's thigh beat under my ear: stroke, stroke, stroke. I contemplated the thick red bush of her jigger, so close to my face.”

“On getting to the top of the stair, to my disappointment there was a padlock upon the garret jigger; I wheep't out my chive, broke it up, and picked the padlock with the back-spring.”

“"Crash the cull—down with him—down with him before he dubs the jigger. Tip him the degan, Fib, fake him through and through; if he pikes we shall all be scragged."”

“Sizing up the padlock, Mac slapped at a webbing pocket for his lock jiggers, but felt nothing.”

“The question is, where did he get this jigger from? You don't buy them at ironmongers, you know.' He handled the bright instrument lovingly. As he moved the handles the two tiny levers opened and shut like the mandibles of a Picasso crab.”

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