Synonyms of the word jigger


JIGGERCHIGGER - GLASS - JIGGERMAST - MAST - PONY - REDBUG

jigger

  • n. (US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures…
  • n. (US) A measure of 1 1/2 fluid ounces of liquor.
  • n. (mining) The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
  • n. (mining) One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
  • n. (pottery) A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
  • n. (textiles) A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
  • n. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
  • n. (golf, dated) A wooden or metal headed golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from…
  • n. (nautical) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes,…
  • n. (nautical) A jiggermast.
  • n. (nautical, New England) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
  • n. (fishing) A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
  • n. (archaic) One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.
  • n. (New Zealand) A short board or plank inserted into tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher…
  • n. (US) A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.
  • n. (rail transport, New Zealand) A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway…
  • v. To alter or adjust, particularly in ways not originally intended.
  • v. (pottery) To use a jigger.
  • v. To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.
  • n. A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.
  • n. A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.
  • n. (slang, archaic) A prison; a jail cell.
  • n. (dialect, Liverpudlian, dated) An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.
  • n. (slang, euphemistic) A penis.
  • n. (slang, euphemistic) A vagina.
  • n. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A door.
  • n. (slang) An illegal distillery.
  • v. (slang, obsolete) To imprison.
  • v. (slang, archaic) To confound; to damn.

chigger

  • n. A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.
  • n. A harvest mite, a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation…
  • n. (US, slang, derogatory, offensive) An East Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical…

glass

  • n. (uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda,…
  • n. A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent…
  • n. (metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
  • n. (uncountable) Glassware.
  • n. A mirror.
  • n. A magnifying glass or telescope.
  • n. (sports) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
  • n. A barometer.
  • n. (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
  • n. (obsolete) An hourglass.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with glass; to glaze.
  • v. (transitive) To enclose with glass.
  • v. (transitive, Britain, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass…
  • v. (video games) To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape…
  • v. To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
  • v. To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
  • v. (archaic, reflexive) To reflect; to mirror.

jiggermast

  • n. (nautical) The smallest mast on a ship with more than three masts.

mast

  • n. A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, the sails on a ship,…
  • n. (naval) A non-judicial punishment ("NJP") disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies…
  • v. To supply and fit a mast to a ship.
  • n. The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree,…
  • v. (of swine and other animals) To feed on forest seed or fruit.
  • v. (agriculture, forestry, ecology, of a population of plants) To vary fruit and seed production in multi-year…

pony

  • n. Any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands.
  • n. (regional) A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
  • n. (Australia, New South Wales, Victoria) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter…
  • n. (Britain, slang) Twenty-five pounds sterling.
  • n. (US, slang) A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
  • v. (transitive) To lead (a horse) from another horse.
  • adj. (Cockney rhyming slang) Of little worth.
  • n. (Cockney rhyming slang) Crap; rubbish, nonsense.

redbug

  • n. A particular kind of insect, a member of the family Pyrrhocoridae.

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