jigger

Multiple Entries:
  jigger    chigger  

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jigger1

▶noun

• 1 a machine or vehicle with a part that rocks or moves to and fro.

• 2 a person who dances a jig.

• 3 a small sail set at the stern of a ship.

• 4 a small tackle consisting of a double and single block with a rope.

• 5 a measure or small glass of spirits or wine.

• 6 informal a rest for a billiard cue.

▶verb informal rearrange or tamper with (something).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jigger2

▶noun variant spelling of chigger.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chigger /ˈtʃɪgə, ˈdʒ-/ (also jigger)

▶noun

• 1 a tropical flea, the female of which burrows and lays eggs beneath the host's skin, causing painful sores. [Tunga penetrans.]

• 2 N. Amer. a harvest mite.

– origin C18: var. of chigoe.