jiggering

Verb (1)

jigger (third-person singular simple present jiggers, present participle jiggering, simple past and past participle jiggered)

1. (transitive) 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.
2. (transitive, pottery) To use a jigger.

   Synonyms:

   jolley

3. (transitive) To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.
   • He could jigger the ball o'er a steeple tall as most men would jigger a cop.1899, Carlyle Smith, “The Secret of Golf”, in Harper's Magazine

Verb (2)

jigger (third-person singular simple present jiggers, present participle jiggering, simple past and past participle jiggered)

1. (obsolete, slang) To imprison.
   • ...offering to swear an alibi for the prisoner [...] to ensure an acquittal. Terms: £50 for value received. No pay if jiggered.1870, J.T. Campion, “Billy in the Bowl”, in The Shamrock, volume 8, page 107
2. (archaic, slang) To confound; to damn.
   • jigger me, but I think you be turning jest into earnest,1831, John Banim, The Smuggler, page 231

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