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*interesting use for UK (above)
Main Entry: 1jig·ger
Pronunciation: 'ji-g&r
Function: noun
Date: 1675
1 : one that jigs or operates a jig
2 : any of several sails
3 : JIG 3a
4 a (1) : a mechanical device usually with a jerky reciprocating motion (2) : a mold or a machine incorporating a revolving mold on which ceramic items (as plates) are formed b : GADGET, DOODAD
5 : a measure used in mixing drinks that usually holds 1 to 2 ounces (30 to 60 milliliters)
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jigger1,nounjigger2,nounjigger3,verb
Main Entry: 2jigger
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps from Wolof jiga insect
Date: 1781
: CHIGGER
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Main Entry: 3jigger
Function: verb
Etymology: frequentative of 2jig
Date: 1867
intransitive senses : to jerk up and down
transitive senses : to alter or rearrange especially by manipulating <jigger an election district>
*interesting use for UK (above)
Main Entry: 1jig·ger
Pronunciation: 'ji-g&r
Function: noun
Date: 1675
1 : one that jigs or operates a jig
2 : any of several sails
3 : JIG 3a
4 a (1) : a mechanical device usually with a jerky reciprocating motion (2) : a mold or a machine incorporating a revolving mold on which ceramic items (as plates) are formed b : GADGET, DOODAD
5 : a measure used in mixing drinks that usually holds 1 to 2 ounces (30 to 60 milliliters)
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3 entries found for jigger.
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jigger1,nounjigger2,nounjigger3,verb
Main Entry: 2jigger
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps from Wolof jiga insect
Date: 1781
: CHIGGER
~~~
Main Entry: 3jigger
Function: verb
Etymology: frequentative of 2jig
Date: 1867
intransitive senses : to jerk up and down
transitive senses : to alter or rearrange especially by manipulating <jigger an election district>
The bartenders in Vegas don't use a jigger-- they just push a button and hold out their hands for some help.
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2: One who strives for various degrees of near perfection.
3: Someone that desires more than is needed.
2: One who strives for various degrees of near perfection.
3: Someone that desires more than is needed.
The over-achiever would not get married until she found the perfect father for her future babies. She died alone in her early fifties.
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Etymology:: JL BORGES, The Aleph, 1942.
2: the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Etymology: Hebrew Aleph, probably from eleph ox
Date: 14th century
Etymology:: JL BORGES, The Aleph, 1942.
2: the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Etymology: Hebrew Aleph, probably from eleph ox
Date: 14th century
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"Daijobu," said the fireman.
"Daijobu," said the fireman.
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Get the Flubby mug.1: A person put in a ceiling harness and raped.
2: A violent sexual act that results in severe bleeding and discharge. Even consensual pinata sex may be felonious in most locations due to the graphic nature. Harnesses offer different angles of coitus and allow for lazy men to spin their partner while inserted.
2: A violent sexual act that results in severe bleeding and discharge. Even consensual pinata sex may be felonious in most locations due to the graphic nature. Harnesses offer different angles of coitus and allow for lazy men to spin their partner while inserted.
Superfag turned the tax collector into a rape pinata using the handles of the attaché case to string him from the ceiling.
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Pronunciation: 'drOg
Function: noun
Etymology 1: Anthony Burgess’ _A Clockwork Orange_.
Date: circa 1971
Etymology 2: probably alteration of 1drag
Date: 1875
1. A toady. A cohort. A person that you use as a pawn. Someone that goes before the leader to take the main assault. A friend by convenience.
2 : SEA ANCHOR
3 a : a cylindrical or funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane b : a small parachute for stabilizing or decelerating something (as an astronaut's capsule) or for pulling a larger parachute out of stowage
3 : a funnel-shaped device which is attached to the end of a long flexible hose suspended from a tanker airplane in flight and into which the probe of another airplane is fitted so as to receive fuel from the tanker.
*Definitions 2-3 derive from Merriam Webster.
Pronunciation: 'drOg
Function: noun
Etymology 1: Anthony Burgess’ _A Clockwork Orange_.
Date: circa 1971
Etymology 2: probably alteration of 1drag
Date: 1875
1. A toady. A cohort. A person that you use as a pawn. Someone that goes before the leader to take the main assault. A friend by convenience.
2 : SEA ANCHOR
3 a : a cylindrical or funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane b : a small parachute for stabilizing or decelerating something (as an astronaut's capsule) or for pulling a larger parachute out of stowage
3 : a funnel-shaped device which is attached to the end of a long flexible hose suspended from a tanker airplane in flight and into which the probe of another airplane is fitted so as to receive fuel from the tanker.
*Definitions 2-3 derive from Merriam Webster.
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