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*An alleyway or entry [[back jigger]], an access to the rear of a row of houses, term used by people in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. (Believed to come from the use of the back entries for "jig-jig" as African sailors called having sex) |
*An alleyway or entry [[back jigger]], an access to the rear of a row of houses, term used by people in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. (Believed to come from the use of the back entries for "jig-jig" as African sailors called having sex) |
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*[[Slang]] for a person of [[Japanese people|Japanese]] ancestry who outfits himself in [[hip hop culture|hip-hop]] attire. Derived from Japanese [[nigger]]. |
*[[Slang]] for a person of [[Japanese people|Japanese]] ancestry who outfits himself in [[hip hop culture|hip-hop]] attire. Derived from Japanese [[nigger]]. |
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Revision as of 01:23, 4 June 2006
The term jigger may refer to:
- A measure of volume approximately equal to one and one half fluid ounces or about 44 mL; see shot glass.
- A bartending tool used to measure alcoholic beverage ingredients
- One of the two distinct parasitic arthropods collectively knowns as chiggers
- A pejorative portmanteau combining Jew and nigger; see list of ethnic slurs.
- The aftermost mast of a four-masted sailing ship; (more fully, jigger mast)
- Slang for a person who acts as a lookout while a crime or other forbidden act (e.g., adultery) takes place
- A type of ice cream made at "The Jigger Shop", in Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania, consisting of vanilla ice cream, chocolate or butterscotch syrup, fluffy marshmallow, and topped with their "Jigger nuts"
- An alleyway or entry back jigger, an access to the rear of a row of houses, term used by people in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. (Believed to come from the use of the back entries for "jig-jig" as African sailors called having sex)
- Slang for a person of Japanese ancestry who outfits himself in hip-hop attire. Derived from Japanese nigger.
- Jigger Abendano - well known man named Jigger.