jigger

Etymology 1
From. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary suggests a possible link to.

Noun



 * 1)  A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).
 * 2) * 2000, Robert B. Hess, drinkboy.com:
 * A good jigger will have a well formed lip that will pour a clean stream into the cocktail shaker or glass.
 * 1)  A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor.
 * 2)  A drink of whiskey.
 * 3)  The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
 * 4)  One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
 * 5)  A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
 * 6)  A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
 * 7) A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
 * 8)  A bicycle.
 * 9)  A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
 * 10) A warehouse crane.
 * 11)  A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.
 * 12)  A jiggermast.
 * 13)  A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
 * 14)  A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
 * 15)  One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.
 * 16)  A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
 * 17)  A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
 * 18) The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
 * 19)  An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
 * 20)  A streetcar drawn by a single horse.
 * 21)  A kind of early electric cash register.
 * 22)  A total station or its predecessor, a theodolite.
 * 1)  A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
 * 2) The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
 * 3)  An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
 * 4)  A streetcar drawn by a single horse.
 * 5)  A kind of early electric cash register.
 * 6)  A total station or its predecessor, a theodolite.

Synonyms

 * ; doojigger; see also Thesaurus:thingy
 * ; doojigger; see also Thesaurus:thingy
 * ; doojigger; see also Thesaurus:thingy
 * ; doojigger; see also Thesaurus:thingy

Derived terms

 * jiggermast

Translations

 * Spanish:, medidor , culín

Verb

 * 1) To alter or adjust, particularly in ways not originally intended.
 * You'll have to jigger it from the original specifications to get it to work.
 * 1)  To use a jigger.
 * 2) To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.

Etymology 2
Likely a corruption of. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary suggests a possible derivation from.

Noun

 * 1) A sandflea,, of the order ; chigoe.
 * 2) A larva of any of several mites in the family ; chigger, harvest mite.

Etymology 3
A slang term of unknown origin, originally meaning. Oxford English Dictionary suggests that its origin might be the same as Etymology 1, above.

Noun

 * 1)  A prison; a jail cell.
 * 2)  An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.
 * 3)  The penis.
 * 4)  A vagina.
 * 5)  A door.
 * 6)  An illegal distillery.
 * 1)  A vagina.
 * 2)  A door.
 * 3)  An illegal distillery.
 * 1)  An illegal distillery.
 * 1)  An illegal distillery.
 * 1)  An illegal distillery.

Verb

 * 1)  To imprison.
 * 2)  To confound; to damn.
 * 1)  To confound; to damn.