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gigger

gigger noun: one who fishes by gigging. Also the alternative spelling of jigger.

Noun (1)

gigger (plural giggers)

  1. One who fishes by gigging.

Noun (2)

gigger (plural giggers)

  1. A musician who performs gigs.
    • Rick accepted and joined the Eccentrics, but left in 1965 to form his own group of giggers, the DeViles.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 236

Also used as

gigger is also the alternative spelling of jigger.

Forms of gigger

pluralgiggers

Origin of gigger

From gig (“fish spear”) + -er.

Words that rhyme with gigger

9 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about gigger

What does gigger mean?
Gigger means one who fishes by gigging.
What part of speech is gigger?
Gigger is a noun.
What is the plural of gigger?
The plural of gigger is giggers.

Words near gigger in the dictionary

  1. Gigers
  2. gigful
  3. gigfuls
  4. Gigg
  5. gigged
  6. gigger
  7. giggers
  8. gigget
  9. giggets
  10. gigging
  11. giggish

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