Chigger vs. Jigger

Chiggernoun

A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.

Chiggernoun

A harvest mite, a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching.

Chiggernoun

An East Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical urban African American.

Chiggernoun

a small tropical flea (Tunga penetrans, formerly Pulex penetrans); same as chigoe.

Chiggernoun

a larval mite of the family Trombiculidae that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings, causing intense irritation, and serving to transmit several infectious diseases.

Chiggernoun

small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans

Chiggernoun

larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation

Chiggernoun

a tropical flea, the female of which burrows and lays eggs beneath the host's skin, causing painful sores.

Chiggernoun

a harvest mite.

Jiggernoun

(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.

Jiggernoun

(US) A measure of 1 1/2 fluid ounces of liquor.

Jiggernoun

A drink of whisky.

Jiggernoun

(mining) The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.

Jiggernoun

(mining) One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.

Jiggernoun

(pottery) A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.

Jiggernoun

(textiles) A device used in the dyeing of cloth.

Jiggernoun

A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.

Jiggernoun

A bicycle.

Jiggernoun

A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.

Jiggernoun

A warehouse crane.

Jiggernoun

(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.

Jiggernoun

(nautical) A jiggermast.

Jiggernoun

A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.

Jiggernoun

(fishing) A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.

Jiggernoun

(archaic) One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.

Jiggernoun

(New Zealand) A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.

Jiggernoun

(US) A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.

Jiggernoun

A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.

Jiggernoun

The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.

Jiggernoun

(horse racing) An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.

Jiggernoun

(archaic) A streetcar drawn by a single horse.

Jiggernoun

(archaic) A kind of early electric cash register.

Jiggernoun

A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.

Jiggernoun

A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.

Jiggernoun

A prison; a jail cell.

Jiggernoun

An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.

Jiggernoun

A penis.

Jiggernoun

A vagina.

Jiggernoun

A door.

Jiggernoun

(slang) An illegal distillery.

Jiggernoun

A lock pick.

Jiggerverb

To alter or adjust, particularly in ways not originally intended.

Jiggerverb

(pottery) To use a jigger.

Jiggerverb

To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.

Jiggerverb

To imprison.

Jiggerverb

To confound; to damn.

Jiggernoun

A species of flea (Tunga penetrans, or Sarcopsylla penetrans, or Pulex penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin; called also jigger flea. See Chigoe.

Jiggernoun

Any one of several species of small red mites (esp. Tetranychus irritans and Tetranychus Americanus) of the family Trombiculidae, which, in the larval or leptus stage, burrow beneath the skin of man and various animals, causing great annoyance. Also called chigger.

Jiggernoun

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.

Jiggernoun

A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel.

Jiggernoun

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.

Jiggernoun

A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i).

Jiggernoun

A small glass or measuring vessel holding 1½ ounces (45 ml), used mostly for measuring liquor or drinking whiskey; also, the quantity of liquid held in a jigger.

Jiggernoun

A thingamajig.

Jiggerverb

To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.

Jiggernoun

a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey

Jiggernoun

any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl

Jiggernoun

larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation