English to English
jigger
('/dZ//I/g/@/r
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noun (n)
- a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, or Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.(noun)source: webster1913
- One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging.(noun)source: webster1913
- Any one of several species of small red mites (esp. Tetranychus irritans and T. Americanus) which, in the larval or leptus stage, burrow beneath the skin of man and various animals, causing great annoyance.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.(verb)source: webster1913
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