jiggered

[ jig-erd ]

/ ˈdʒɪg ərd /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR jiggered ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective Informal.

confounded; damned: I'm jiggered if I know what that sign means.

Origin of jiggered

1830–40; perhaps jigger³ + -ed²

Words nearby jiggered

jig back, jig is up, jigaboo, jigawa, jigger, jiggered, jiggermast, jiggers, jiggery-pokery, jiggle, jiggly

Definition for jiggered (2 of 2)

jigger ³

[ jig-er ]

/ ˈdʒɪg ər /

verb (used with object)

to interfere with.

to manipulate or alter, especially in order to get something done illegally or unethically: to jigger company records to conceal a loss.

Origin of jigger

1865–70; jig² (in verbal sense) + -er⁶

Example sentences from the Web for jiggered

But yest'day I'm jiggered if I didn't see him mendin' his pasture fence.

Janice Day |Helen Beecher Long
Discipline be jiggered—that might do mischief—if you drove it too hard.

Love and Lucy |Maurice Henry Hewlett
"Well—I'll—be—jiggered," he exclaimed, looking about again in dismay.

Tom Slade with the Boys Over There |Percy K. Fitzhugh
With a small Bulldog I found, hooked, and strove with a fish that bored and jiggered most unconscionably.

Lines in Pleasant Places |William Senior

"Well, I'll be jiggered," muttered Billie when there came a cry across the river—Stanley calling for help.

Kit of Greenacre Farm |Izola Forrester

British Dictionary definitions for jiggered (1 of 3)

jiggered

/ (ˈdʒɪɡəd) /

adjective (postpositive)

informal damned; blowed I'm jiggered if he'll get away with it

(sometimes foll by up) Scot and Northern English dialect tired out

Word Origin for jiggered

C19: probably euphemism for buggered; see bugger

British Dictionary definitions for jiggered (2 of 3)

jigger ¹

/ (ˈdʒɪɡə) /

noun

a person or thing that jigs

golf an iron, now obsolete, with a thin blade, used for hitting long shots from a bare lie

any of a number of mechanical devices having a vibratory or jerking motion

a light lifting tackle used on ships

a small glass, esp for whisky, with a capacity of about one and a half ounces

NZ a light hand- or power-propelled vehicle used on railway lines

engineering a type of hydraulic lift in which a hydraulic ram operates the lift through a block and tackle which increases the length of the stroke

Canadian a device used when setting a gill net beneath ice

mining another word for jig (def. 5)

nautical short for jiggermast

billiards another word for bridge 1 (def. 10)

US and Canadian informal a device or thing the name of which is unknown or temporarily forgotten

Liverpool dialect an alleyway

British Dictionary definitions for jiggered (3 of 3)

jigger ²

jigger flea

/ (ˈdʒɪɡə) /

noun

other names for the chigoe (def. 1)

Medical definitions for jiggered

jigger

[ jĭg′ər ]

n.

chigger

chigoe

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

jiggered

adjective Informal.

Origin of jiggered

Words nearby jiggered

Definition for jiggered (2 of 2)

verb (used with object)

Origin of jigger

Example sentences from the Web for jiggered

British Dictionary definitions for jiggered (1 of 3)

adjective (postpositive)

Word Origin for jiggered

British Dictionary definitions for jiggered (2 of 3)

noun

British Dictionary definitions for jiggered (3 of 3)

jigger flea

noun

Medical definitions for jiggered

n.

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

jiggered

adjective Informal.

Origin of jiggered

Words nearby jiggered

Definition for jiggered (2 of 2)

verb (used with object)

Origin of jigger

Words related to jiggered

Example sentences from the Web for jiggered

British Dictionary definitions for jiggered (1 of 3)

adjective (postpositive)

Word Origin for jiggered

British Dictionary definitions for jiggered (2 of 3)

noun

British Dictionary definitions for jiggered (3 of 3)

jigger flea

noun

Medical definitions for jiggered

n.