Digger vs. Jigger
Difference Between Digger and Jigger
Diggernoun
A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches; an excavator.
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.
Diggernoun
A tool for digging.
Jiggernoun
(US) A measure of 1 1/2 fluid ounces of liquor.
Diggernoun
A spade (playing card).
Jiggernoun
A drink of whisky.
Diggernoun
One who digs.
Jiggernoun
(mining) The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
Diggernoun
A gold miner, one who digs for gold.
Jiggernoun
(mining) One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
Diggernoun
An informal nickname for a friend; used as a term of endearment.
Jiggernoun
(pottery) A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
Diggernoun
An Australian soldier.
Jiggernoun
(textiles) A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
Diggernoun
a laborer who digs
Jiggernoun
A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
Diggernoun
a machine for excavating
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.
You'll have to jigger it from the original specifications to get it to work.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 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
