English Dictionary

jigger

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈd͡ʒɪɡɚ/

名詞

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(US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1 ½ fluid ounces, the other typically 1 fluid ounce.

日本語の意味

二端式の計量器。通常、ステンレス鋼などの素材で作られ、一端は約1 1/2液量オンス、もう一端は約1液量オンスの容量を持ち、カクテルなどの計量に使用される器具。

The bartender measured the whiskey with a jigger before pouring it into the shaker.

バーテンダーはシェーカーに注ぐ前に、両端で容量が異なる金属製の計量器（片方が約1.5液量オンス＝約45ml、もう片方が約1液量オンス＝約30ml）でウイスキーを計量した。

意味（1）

(US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1 ½ fluid ounces, the other typically 1 fluid ounce.

A good jigger will have a well formed lip that will pour a clean stream into the cocktail shaker or glass.

意味（2）

(US) A measure of 1 ½ fluid ounces of liquor.

People are so dam’ sensitive about colour around here that you can’t even ask a barman for a jigger of rum. You have to ask for a jegro.

意味（3）

(US, slang) A drink of whisky.

意味（4）

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

意味（5）

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

意味（6）

(pottery) A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.

Hand jiggers consisted of two iron frames with a spindle in each - the driving spindle with its iron belt pulley approximately 20 inches in diameter and the driven spindle with a small wooden pulley.

意味（7）

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

意味（8）

A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.

意味（9）

(UK, slang, dated) A bicycle.

He made the discovery that the bikestand was vacant and the machine gone. Where the thump's my jigger? he exclaimed.

意味（10）

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

意味（11）

A warehouse crane.

意味（12）

(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.

意味（13）

(nautical) A jiggermast.

意味（14）

(nautical, New England) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.

意味（15）

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

意味（16）

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

意味（17）

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

意味（18）

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

“an air-brush is a big thing-a-ma-bob or whatcha-callit, full of gas, and when you turn on a little jigger, it causes compressed air to squeeze out, which, in turn, going through a needle—” “That wasn't part of the contract, Mr. Jones,” […]

意味（19）

(rail transport, New Zealand) A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.

意味（20）

The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.

意味（21）

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

意味（22）

(archaic) A streetcar drawn by a single horse.

意味（23）

(archaic) A kind of early electric cash register.

jiggers （ plural ）