jigger Definition

chigger
chigoe
jigger
noun

1. The bright red larval stage of a mite, often found in damp fields in autumn, which is a parasite of vertebrates and feeds by sucking the blood of small mammals and humans, causing a rash and severe itching. Also called harvestmite.
2. A tropical flea, the pregnant female of which buries herself under the skin of the host, especially under the toenails in humans, causing great discomfort. Also called sand flea.

Etymology: 17c: from Carib chigo.

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jigger¹
noun

1a. A small quantity of alcoholic spirits;
1b. A glass for measuring this.
2. billiards., colloq
A cue rest.
3. golf.
An iron-headed club.
(N Amer)
4. colloq
An all-purpose term for a gadget when its name is not known or not remembered.

Etymology: 19c; 17c in the sense ‘someone who jigs'.

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