Synonyms for jigger
Most common
pump car pump trolley speeder handcar dingus total station alley chigoe
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Rail vehicle
2. Harvest mite
3. Shot glass
4. Thingamajig
thingamajig informal, hickey, widget, dingus, hootenanny, doodad, doodah UK, gadget, gimmick, thingumabob, thingumajig, dohickey, dojigger informal, thingummy, gizmo slang
Other
pallet jack, total station, alley, chigoe, jolley, doojigger, jiggerer, chigoe flea, jigman, mid-mashie dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).
A good jigger will have a well formed lip that will pour a clean stream into the cocktail shaker or glass.
- n. 2
A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor.
- n. 3
A drink of whiskey.
- n. 4
The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
Forms
- Plural
- jiggers → speeders, handcars, chiggers, redbugs…
Example sentences
- speeder The speeder was stopped and given a ticket.
By length
- 4 letters
- pony2
- 5 letters
- alley2, gizmo2
- 6 letters
- gadget2, hickey2, widget2, dingus2, jolley2, doodad2, doodah, redbug, chigoe, jigman
- 7 letters
- gimmick2, speeder2, chigger, handcar
- 8 letters
- dohickey, dojigger, jiggerer
- 9 letters
- thingummy, doojigger
- 10 letters
- hootenanny
- 11 letters
- thingamajig, thingumabob, thingumajig
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pony2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- puce chique
- Español
- pique
- Deutsch
- Sandfloh