jigger

Definitions

• (US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1 1/2 fluid ounces, the other typically 1 fluid ounce.
• (US) A measure of 1 1/2 fluid ounces of liquor.
• (US) A drink of whisky.
• (mining) The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
• (mining) One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
• (pottery) A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
• (textiles) A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
• A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
• (UK) A bicycle.
• (golf) A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
• A warehouse crane.
• (nautical) 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.
• (nautical) A jiggermast.
• (nautical) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
• (fishing) A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
• (archaic) One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.
• (New Zealand) A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
• (US)
• (rail) A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
• The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
• (horse racing) An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
• (archaic) A streetcar drawn by a single horse.
• (archaic) A kind of early electric cash register.