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PRONUNCIATION OF CHIGGER

chigger  [ˈtʃɪɡə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHIGGER

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Chigger is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CHIGGER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

chigger

Trombiculidae

Trombiculidae (/trɒmbɨˈkjuːlɨdiː/ (also called berry bugs, harvest mites, red bugs, scrub-itch mites and aoutas) are a family of mites. The best known of the Trombiculidae are the chiggers. There are two widely recognized definitions of "chigger," the scientific (or taxonomic) definition and the common definitions found in English and medical dictionaries. According to most dictionaries, the several species of Trombiculidae that bite their host in their larval stage and cause "intense irritation" or "a wheal, usually with severe itching and dermatitis," are called chiggers. The scientific definition seemingly includes many more, but not all species of Trombiculidae. Trombiculidae live in forests and grasslands and are also found in the vegetation of low, damp areas such as woodlands, berry bushes, orchards, along lakes and streams, and even in drier places where vegetation is low, such as lawns, golf courses, and parks. They are most numerous in early summer when grass, weeds and other vegetation are heaviest. In their larval stage, they attach to various animals, including humans, and feed on skin, often causing itching.

Definition of chigger in the English dictionary

The definition of chigger in the dictionary is Also called: chigoe, redbug the parasitic larva of any of various free-living mites of the family Trombidiidae, which causes intense itching of human skin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHIGGER


agar
ˈeɪɡə
bottega
bəˈteɪɡə
chigga
ˈtʃɪɡə
configure
ˌkənˈfɪɡə
digger
ˈdɪɡə
figure
ˈfɪɡə
Geiger
ˈɡaɪɡə
jaeger
ˈjeɪɡə
jager
ˈjeɪɡə
ligger
ˈlɪɡə
maigre
ˈmeɪɡə
omega
ˈəʊmɪɡə
Ortega
ɔːˈteɪɡə
outrigger
ˈaʊtˌrɪɡə
schlager
ˈʃleɪɡə
taiga
ˈtaɪɡə
tiger
ˈtaɪɡə
tigger
ˈtɪɡə
trigger
ˈtrɪɡə
vinegar
ˈvɪnɪɡə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHIGGER

chiffchaff
chiffon
chiffonade
chiffonier
chiffonnier
chiffony
chifforobe
Chifley
chigetai
chigga
chignon
chignoned
chigoe
Chigwell
Chihli
Chihuahua
chik
chikara
chilblain
chilblained

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHIGGER

bigger
blogger
ditchdigger
frigger
gold-digger
gravedigger
hair trigger
hair-trigger
jigger
mechanical digger
rejigger
rigger
Schmitt trigger
snigger
sprigger
square-rigger
swigger
thigger
twigger
well-digger
wigger

Synonyms and antonyms of chigger in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «chigger» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHIGGER

Find out the translation of chigger to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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1,325 millions of speakers

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nigua
570 millions of speakers

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chigger
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

chigger
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القذذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Chigger
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ácaro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

chigger
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chique
220 millions of speakers

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Chigger
190 millions of speakers

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chigger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ツツガムシ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

진드기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chigger
85 millions of speakers
vi

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chigger
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

chigger
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिमटा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ekin zararlısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Chigger
65 millions of speakers

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Chigger
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Chigger
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chigger
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

chigger
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af

Translator English - Afrikaans

chigger
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

chigger
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chigger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chigger

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHIGGER»

The term «chigger» is regularly used and occupies the 90.328 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHIGGER» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHIGGER»

Discover the use of chigger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chigger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chigger
A mysterious "new girl" moves into a quiet little town in southern Indiana in the late 1950s.
Raymond Bial, 2012
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The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus: All the Words. ...
Mr Chigger Thank you. (he enters and first secretary trips off; he approaches the second secretary) Hello, 1 saw your advertisement for flying lessons and I'd like to make an appointment. Second Secretary Well, Mr Anemone's on the phone at  ...
Graham Chapman, Monty Python (Comedy troupe), 1989
3
Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab-The Body ...
By the spring of 2000, a life of farm labor had made a burly man of Chigger — not just his muscles but his bones, too, which had grown thicker and stronger to bear the loads they carried year in, year out. He must have looked almost comically ...
Bill Bass, William M. Bass, Jon Jefferson, 2004
4
Encyclopedia of Entomology
In humans, chiggers transmit the serious disease chigger-borne typhus. The adults are fungivorous mites that feed within fungal cells using stylettiform chelicerae. The small chelicerae of chiggers are used for penetration of the hosts epidermis ...
John L. Capinera, 2008
5
Prevention of Bug Bites, Stings, and Disease
Those motivated toward linguistic precision call the biting stage the “chigger” and the other stages, collectively, chigger mites. The next two active stages (nymph and adult) live in the topmost layer ofthe soil, where they are predators of ...
Daniel Strickman, Stephen P Frances, Mustapha Debboun, 2009
6
Everybody's Magazine
care what the Chigger thought. At the point of consummation he found himself trembling with a stilling anxiety to get it over. Taking the Chigger by the arm he shoved him quickly across the hall and into the dining-room. He gulped the drink  ...
7
Boys' Life
As you walk along, the larvae of these spiderlike reddish mites, can brush off on you. When a chigger bites, it pokes its head into you, then hangs on like a tick, with its body pointing straight up into the air. The six-legged chigger larvae, 1/200  ...
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Everybody's Magazine
care what the Chigger thought. At the point of consummation he found himself trembling with a stifling anxiety to get it over. Taking the Chigger by the arm he shoved him quickly across the hall and into the dining-room. He gulped the drink  ...
Frank Norris, O. Henry, 1921
9
Monty Python's Flying Circus: All the Bits : Complete and ...
(Mr Chigger gets on the table) Arms out, fingers together, knees bent, now, head well forward. Now, flap your arms. Go on, flap, faster...faster...faster... faster, faster, faster, faster—now jump! (Mr Chigger jumps and lands on the floor) Rotten.
Luke Dempsy, 2012
10
Earth Works: Readings for Backyard Gardeners
Chigger weed is one of the common names for Asdepias tuberosa, otherwise known as butterfly weed. It is possible the plant acquired that name because its blooms can be red-orange like chiggers. But chiggers, parasitic mites that feed on us ...
Nancy Hugo, Nancy Ross Hugo, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHIGGER»

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1
Confirmed West Nile Virus in Nebraska
Officials say they typically see the most chigger bites in July, and they can make you itch even worse than mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are tested every other week ... «KLKN, Jun 15»
2
Blackberry picking
Briar sticks made your hands sore for several days; you had to use a stainless steel scrubbing pad to remove berry stains; and the chigger bites ... «Hartselle Enquirer, Jun 15»
3
Bates Wins Bass Fishing League Tournament On Lake Ferguson
“I flipped trees using a green-pumpkin football-head jig with a watermelon-candy-colored Berkley Chigger Craw trailer about a mile from the ... «BassResource.com, Jun 15»
4
Texas farmer gets the itch out by tackling stealthy grass-dwelling pest
Now that the soil has dried out, I can begin to take steps to mitigate the chigger outbreak. I use powdered sulfur, a cheap, simple solution I ... «CultureMap Austin, Jun 15»
5
OUTDOORS: Observe safety on July Fourth holiday
•Keep an effective tick, chigger and mosquito repellant available. Camping. •Be cautious with campfires and be certain to remove debris around ... «Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, Jun 15»
6
Hayes, Dottie Wilson
... in death by her husband, A.A. (Bug) Hayes; sons, Larry and Tim Hayes of Chattanooga; and brother, Allen “Chigger” Wilson of Maryville, TN. «The Chattanoogan, Jun 15»
7
Bug bites: when you should see a doctor
Doctors say most mosquito and chigger bites are harmless, but they could lead to other problems if the pain from the bites do not diminish over ... «KAGS News, Jun 15»
8
At the Top of Erna Hill
... be the future school of London and on to the creek adjacent to the present cemetery and the Red Ake Chigger farm across from the cemetery. «Mason County News, Jun 15»
9
Things that bite (and what you can do about them)
Ticks and another biter, the chigger, are both members of the eight-legged family of arachnids. In Wisconsin, there are three main tick species: ... «Kenosha News, Jun 15»
10
Don't let chiggers spoil summer fun
Mark Hotop, local pharmacist, is shown with various treatments for chigger bites. Above right, chiggers are tiny, but can cause a big problem. «Perry County Republic Monitor, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Chigger [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/chigger>. May 2024 ».
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