This guy is KILLING me! Did he just say, ...."people might want to "jigger" with the mechanics of......... " Come on dude, you have got to get a clue. The closest definition as used by our esteemed leader means the name "eludes one". Seems like alot eludes this dude. jig·ger 1 (jgr) n. 1. A person who jigs or operates a jig. 2. a. A small measure for liquor, usually holding 1 1/2 ounces. b. This amount of liquor. 3. A device, such as a drill, that operates with a jerking or jolting motion. 4. Nautical a. A light all-purpose tackle. b. A small sail set in the stern of a yawl or similar boat. c. A boat having such a sail. d. A jigger mast. 5. Informal An article or a device, the name of which eludes one. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- jig·ger 2 (jgr) n. 1. See chigger. 2. See chigoe. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Variant of chigger.] The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- jigger1 n 1. a person or thing that jigs 2. (Individual Sports & Recreations) Golf an iron, now obsolete, with a thin blade, used for hitting long shots from a bare lie 3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) any of a number of mechanical devices having a vibratory or jerking motion 4. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a light lifting tackle used on ships 5. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a small glass, esp for whisky, with a capacity of about one and a half ounces 6. NZ a light hand- or power-propelled vehicle used on railway lines 7. (Engineering / General Engineering) 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 8. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Fishing) Canadian a device used when setting a gill net beneath ice 9. (Mining & Quarrying) Mining another word for jig [5] 10. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical short for jiggermast 11. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) Billiards another word for bridge1 [10] 12. US and Canadian informal a device or thing the name of which is unknown or temporarily forgotten 13. Liverpool dialect an alleyway --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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