Jigger - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈdʒɪɡər|
Brit.
|ˈdʒɪɡə|
noun
- a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey (syn: pony)
- any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl (syn: jiggermast)
- larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation (syn: chigger, redbug)
- any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl (syn: jiggermast)
- larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation (syn: chigger, redbug)