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: a measure used in mixing drinks that usually holds 1 to 2 ounces (30 to 60 milliliters)
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: one that jigs or operates a jig
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: any of several sails
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jiggered; jiggering; jiggers
: to jerk up and down
: to alter or rearrange especially by manipulating
jigger an election district
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or less commonly jigger flea
: chigoe sense 1
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Noun (1)
a kitchen store filled with neat little jiggers that you didn't know you needed
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Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
My jigger holds 1 ½ ounces in the large end and ¾ ounce in the small end.
—Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2024
In addition to the A-10, Congress allowed the Air Force to jigger the B-1 bomber fleet.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Dec. 2020
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Noun
As a measurement jigger usually means the large end.
—Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
My jigger holds 1 ½ ounces in the large end and ¾ ounce in the small end.
—Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
The Democratic supermajority in California was just as likely to jigger the maps as the Republicans in North Carolina and Florida.
—Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2024
In addition to the A-10, Congress allowed the Air Force to jigger the B-1 bomber fleet.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Dec. 2020
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“Jigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jigger. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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