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chiggers

chiggers is the plural of chigger.

Meaning of chigger

Noun (1)

chigger (plural chiggers)

  1. A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.
  2. A harvest mite (Trombiculidae spp.), a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching.
    • After we had been out about four days the entire army was attacked by ‘chiggers’. They are tiny insects, millions of them, who have made their home on the Kansas prairie.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 68
    Synonyms:
    harvest mite

Noun (2)

chigger (plural chiggers)

  1. (US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) An East Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical urban African American.
    • —He's not black, Stacia Jacobs who smelled like pee said. — He's yellow and black. He's a chigger. Do you know what a chigger is? It's a chink and a nigger.2007, James Boice, MVP: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 37

Questions about chiggers

What is chiggers the plural of?
Chiggers is the plural of chigger.

Words near chiggers in the dictionary

  1. chigga
  2. chiggas
  3. chigged
  4. chigger
  5. chigger weed
  6. chiggers
  7. chigging
  8. Chighatay
  9. Chighatoy
  10. Chighatāy
  11. chigi

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