jigger
jigger is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and noun & verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.
- noun & verb. 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.
- noun & verb. A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel.
- noun & verb. A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
- noun & verb. 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.
- noun & verb. A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
- noun & verb. A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b).
- noun. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i).
- noun. larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
- noun. any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl
- noun. a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
Synonyms
chigger, redbug, jiggermast, pony
Common word forms
jiggers, jiggered, jiggerer, jiggering
Words from these letters
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