| Jigger 1. (n.) A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe. 2. (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. 3. (n. & v.) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel. 4. (n. & v.) A template or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel. 5. (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. 6. (n. & v.) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl. 7. (n. & v.) A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b). 8. (n.) A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i). Thesaurus Entries affair, angler, article, artifact, cat flea, chigoe, cockroach, concern, crab, dibber, dibbler, dingus, dofunny, dog flea, dohickey, dojigger, dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky, draft, dram, drench, drift netter, drifter, drink, drop, eppes, etwas, fidget, fisher, fisherman, flea, flick, flip, flirt, flounce, flumadiddle, gadget, gargle, gigamaree, gimmick, gizmo, grayback, guddler, guzzle, have the fidgets, hickey, hitch, hootenanny, hootmalalie, itch, jacker, jerk, jig, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, libation, louse, material thing, mite, nip, nit, object, parasite, peg, piscator, piscatorialist, piscatorian, pluck, potation, potion, pull, quelque chose, red bug, roach, round, round of drinks, sand flea, shot, sip, snake, snatch, snifter, snort, something, spot, suck, sup, swig, swill, the compleat angler, thing, thingum, thingumabob, thingumadad, thingumadoodle, thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree, thingummy, trawler, troller, tweak, twitch, vellicate, vermin, weevil, wet, whaler, whatchy, widget, wrench, yank, yerk |