EGAVE

jigger

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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).
  2. noun A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor.
  3. noun A drink of whiskey.
  4. noun The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
  5. noun One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
  6. noun A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
  7. noun A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
  8. noun A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.

Similar words

shot glass pony jiggermast chigger harvest mite redbug snit measuring jug jugg jughandle

Often followed by

of and is or was mast flea shop the

Word family

jigger flea jigger fleas jiggered jiggering jiggers

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