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59 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• jigger n. (US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically…
• jigger n. (US) A measure of 1 ½ fluid ounces of liquor.
• jigger n. (US, slang) A drink of whisky.
• jigger n. (Mining) The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
• jigger n. (Mining) One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
• jigger n. (Pottery) A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
• jigger n. (Textiles) A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
• jigger n. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
• jigger n. (UK, slang, dated) A bicycle.
• jigger n. (Golf, dated) A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
• jigger n. A warehouse crane.
• jigger n. (Nautical) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes…
• jigger n. (Nautical) A jiggermast.
• jigger n. (Nautical, New England) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
• jigger n. (Fishing) A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
• jigger n. (Archaic) One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.
• jigger n. (New Zealand) A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
• jigger n. (US) A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.
• jigger n. (Rail transport, New Zealand) A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway…
• jigger n. The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
• jigger n. (Horse racing) An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
• jigger n. (Archaic) A streetcar drawn by a single horse.
• jigger n. (Archaic) A kind of early electric cash register.
• jigger n. Jig, Jigger, Jigabou, derogatory terms meaning the same as American Nigger.
• jigger v. To alter or adjust, particularly in ways not originally intended.
• jigger v. (Pottery) To use a jigger.
• jigger v. To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.
• jigger n. A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.
• jigger n. A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.
• jigger n. (Slang, archaic) A prison; a jail cell.
• jigger n. (Dialect, Liverpudlian, dated) An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.
• jigger n. (Slang, euphemistic) A penis.
• jigger n. (Slang, euphemistic) A vagina.
• jigger n. (Obsolete, UK, thieves’ cant) A door.
• jigger n. (Slang) An illegal distillery.
• jigger n. (Slang, UK) A lock pick.
• jigger v. (Slang, obsolete) To imprison.
• jigger v. (Slang, archaic) To confound; to damn.

— English words, defined in German —

• jigger S. Drucktechnik: Setzmaschine.
• jigger S. Schifffahrt: Besanmast.
• jigger S. Schifffahrt: Besansegel.
• jigger S. Elektrotechnik: Koppelspule.
• jigger S. Maßeinheit und das Gefäß bei der Zubereitung von Getränken; Barmaß.
• jigger S. Sandfloh.
• jigger S. Schüttelsieb.
• jigger S. Töpferschablone.
• jigger S. Neuseeland,Kanada: Draisine.
• jigger S. Liverpool, umgangssprachlich: Gasse.
• jigger S. Ein künstlich hervorgerufene Verletzung, Hautreizung. Wird benutzt um Mitleid zu erregen (Bettlerei).
• jigger S. Bezeichnung für einen Gegenstand, der nicht benannt werden kann/ will; Dingsda, Ding.
• jigger S. Billard: Brücke.
• jigger S. Veraltet: ein Golfschläger mit einem eng zulaufenden Kopf.
• jigger S. Per Hand betriebener Wagen, mit dem Paletten umhergefahren werden; Hubwagen.
• jigger S. Vorrichtung mittels derer ein Fischnetz zwischen zwei Löchern im Eis aufgespannt wird.

— English words, defined in French —

• jigger n. Récipient à deux extrémités, généralement en acier inoxydable, dont une extrémité qui mesure généralement…
• jigger n. (Céramique) Tour de potier horizontal.

— In French —

• jigger v. (Anglicisme) (Pêche) Agiter verticalement un leurre appelé jig.
• jigger n.m. Appareil servant à teindre les tissus, bac à teinture où…
• jigger n.m. Dispositif transformateur servant à coupler les circuits…

225 English words from 38 English definitions

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27 English words from 21 foreign definitions

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71 foreign words from 21 foreign definitions

acier acier␣inoxydable Agiter Anglicisme Appareil appelé aufgespannt bei benannt benutzt Besanmast Besansegel betriebener Bezeichnung Brücke Céramique derer deux Dingsda Drucktechnik ein einem einen Elektrotechnik erregen extrémité extrémités für Gasse Gefäß Gegenstand généralement Getränken Golfschläger hervorgerufene inoxydable kann künstlich leurre Löchern Maßeinheit mesure mit Mitleid mittels Neuseeland nicht Paletten Pêche potier qui Récipient Schifffahrt teindre tissus Tour␣de␣potier transformateur umgangssprachlich une Veraltet Verletzung verticalement von Vorrichtung Wagen werden wird Zubereitung zulaufenden zwei zwischen

16 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

jiggers jiggered jiggerer jiggerers jiggering jiggerman jiggermen jiggermast jigger-mast jigger␣mast jiggermasts jigger-masts jigger␣masts jigger-dubber jigger-dubbers jiggery-pokery

7 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

dojiggers kajiggers rejiggers doojiggers rejiggered rejiggering thingamajiggers

5 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

dojigger kajigger rejigger doojigger thingamajigger

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ger Ger GER Ger. Ger⁺⁶ GGE igg IgG jig

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

egg Egg EGG reg Reg

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

jaggier jiggers jiggler

4 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Gerig Giger Greig rejig

22 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bigger Bigger digger Digger figger gigger jagger Jagger jigged jiggeh jigget jogger jugger ligger nigger Nigger pigger rigger Tigger wigger Wigger zigger

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

jiggler

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