jigger

/ˈdʒɪgər/
/ˈdʒɪgə/
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Other forms: jiggers

Definitions of jigger
  1. noun
    a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
    synonyms: pony, shot glass
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    type of:
    drinking glass, glass
    a container for holding liquids while drinking
  2. noun
    any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl
    synonyms: jiggermast
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    type of:
    mast
    a vertical spar for supporting sails
  3. noun
    larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
    synonyms: chigger, harvest mite, redbug
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    type of:
    trombiculid
    mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates
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