Jigger

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Jigger may refer to:

Tools and machines

• Jigger (bartending), used to measure out a jigger (1.5 US fluid ounces) of liquor
• Pallet jack, used to lift and move pallets
• Hydraulic jigger, a hydraulically powered mechanical winch
• Ice jigger, used for setting fish nets under ice between two distant holes
• Jigger, a machine for the shaping of clay body into flatware by the differential rotation of a profile tool and mould

Transportation

• Handcar (hand-operated) or speeder (motorized), a railway car mostly used for maintenance
• Jiggermast, the aftmost mast of a four-masted sailing ship

Arts and entertainment

• "Jigger", a work by Li Cheng (painter) (919–967)
• Jigger, a large statue in Brownhills, West Midlands, England
• Jigger Craigin, a character in the musical Carousel

Places

• Jigger, Louisiana, United States, an unincorporated community
• Jigger, a local name for the settlement of South Tunbridge - see Tunbridge, Vermont, United States

People

• Jigger (nickname), a list of people
• Jigger, an American and British derogatory term for a black person - see List of ethnic slurs
• Jigger, a person who engages in jigging, i.e. fishing with a jig lure

Other uses

• Tunga penetrans or chigoe flea, a tropical parasitic arthropod
• Jigger, the inner button of a double-breasted coat or jacket
• Jigger, an obsolete golf club that was a very low lofted iron with a shortened shaft

See also

• Jiggerpole, a very long fishing pole used with a very short and very heavy line