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/jig"euhr/, n.1. a person or thing that jigs.2. Naut.a. the lowermost sail set on a jiggermast.b. jiggermast.c. a light tackle, as a gun tackle.3. any of various mechanical devices, many of which have a jerky or jolting motion.4. Informal. some contrivance, article, or part that one cannot or does not name more precisely: What is that little jigger on the pistol?5. Ceram. a machine for forming plates or the like in a plaster mold rotating beneath a template.6. Mining. a jig for separating ore.7. a jig for fishing.8. Golf. a club with an iron head intermediate between a mashie and a midiron, now rarely used.9. Billiards, Pool. a bridge.10. -a. a 11/2-oz. (45-ml) measure used in cocktail recipes.b. a small whiskey glass holding 11/2 oz. (45 ml).[1665-75; JIG1 + -ER1]jigger2/jig"euhr/, n.1. Also called jigger flea. chigoe.2. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. chigger.[1750-60; var. of CHIGGER]jigger3/jig"euhr/, v.t.1. to interfere with.2. to manipulate or alter, esp. in order to get something done illegally or unethically: to jigger company records to conceal a loss.[1865-70; JIG2 (in verbal sense) + -ER6]
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