jigger

n. person who dances a jig; small sail (Nautical); small whiskey glass which holds 1.5 oz. (45 ml)

The term jigger may refer to:A Jigger (bartending), a measure of alcoholic beverage ingredients, and the tool used to measure them.A jigger flea or chigoe flea, a kind of chigger.A jigger mast or jiggermast, the aftmost mast of a four-masted sailing ship.A machine used in the production of ceramics such as potteryThe owner of Panathinaikos FC Giannis Vardinogiannis, a former rally driver under the alias "Jigger"
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Jig·ger n. 1. See chigger. 2. See chigoe. jigger see tunga penetrans. Called also chigoe or jigger flea. jigger flea see tunga penetrans. [more]Jigger - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
(synonym) shot glass, pony
(hypernym) glass, drinking glass
2. any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl
(synonym) jiggermast
(hypernym) mast
3. larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
(synonym) harvest mite, chigger, redbug
(hypernym) trombiculiid
(member-holonym) Trombicula, genus Trombicula

(n.)
A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.
  

(n.)
A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i).
  

(n. & v.)
One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging.
  

(n. & v.)
A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
  

(n. & v.)
A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b).
  

(n. & v.)
A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
  

(n. & v.)
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.
  

(n. & v.)
A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel.