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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JIGGERED

Probably euphemism for buggered.
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PRONUNCIATION OF JIGGERED

jiggered  [ˈdʒɪɡəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JIGGERED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jiggered is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES JIGGERED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of jiggered in the English dictionary

The definition of jiggered in the dictionary is damned; blowed. Other definition of jiggered is tired out.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JIGGERED


ahungered
əˈhʌŋɡəd
Beghard
ˈbɛɡəd
beleaguered
bɪˈliːɡəd
buggered
ˈbʌɡəd
butterfingered
ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəd
disfigured
dɪsˈfɪɡəd
figured
ˈfɪɡəd
fingered
ˈfɪŋɡəd
haggard
ˈhæɡəd
lagered
ˈlɑːɡəd
laggard
ˈlæɡəd
niggard
ˈnɪɡəd
nimble-fingered
ˌnɪmbəlˈfɪŋɡəd
saggard
ˈsæɡəd
sluggard
ˈslʌɡəd
staggard
ˈstæɡəd
staggered
ˈstæɡəd
sugared
ˈʃʊɡəd
triggered
ˈtrɪɡəd
unfigured
ʌnˈfɪɡəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JIGGERED

jig
jigaboo
jigajig
jigamaree
Jigawa
jigged
jigger
jigger flea
jiggermast
jiggery-pokery
jigging
jiggish
jiggle
jiggly
jiggumbob
jiggy
jiglike
jigsaw
jigsaw puzzle

WORDS THAT END LIKE JIGGERED

anhungered
centered
chartered
considered
covered
endangered
langered
layered
light-fingered
ordered
powdered
recovered
registered
remembered
scattered
sticky-fingered
unanswered
unendangered
unscavengered
what the doctor ordered

Synonyms and antonyms of jiggered in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jiggered» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JIGGERED

Find out the translation of jiggered to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jiggered from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jiggered» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

jiggered
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jiggered
570 millions of speakers

English

jiggered
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

jiggered
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

jiggered
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

jiggered
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jiggered
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

jiggered
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jiggered
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jiggered
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

jiggered
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

jiggered
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

jiggered
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jiggered
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chết tiệt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேவ நிந்தனைச் சொல்லுக்கு மாற்றாக மற்றொரு சொல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विचित्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

jiggered
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

jiggered
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jiggered
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

jiggered
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jiggered
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοσκινιστεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

jiggered
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jiggered
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jiggered
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jiggered

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JIGGERED»

The term «jiggered» is normally little used and occupies the 137.340 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JIGGERED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jiggered

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JIGGERED»

Discover the use of jiggered in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jiggered and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Jiggered: The Healthcare Insurance Industry; Unraveled, ...
You'll find that the only real crisis in healthcare is the one caused by the Federal government's inability to fiscally control and monitor itself. Who is being jiggered? Who is being unethically manipulated for someone else's gain?
C. E. Nash, 2010
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
jigger I Jill 1102 jigger verb 1 to adjust, especially of numbers or statistics us • If the annuity also covers your spouse, payments can be jiggered to reflect your changing joint life expectancy.— Jane Bryant oumn, uaungtiie Most of Your Money, ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Jiggered. To be jiggered! verb, phr. (common).—Used as a mild imprecation; asBlow it ! (q.v),Bust me ! (q.v.) : also in astonishment. 1860. Dickens, Great Expectations, xvii. 76. 'Well, then', said he, 'I'm jiggeredifIdon't see youhome ! ' 1883.
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Great Expectations
This penalty of being jiggered was a favorite supposititious case of his. He attached no definite meaning to the word that I am aware of, but used it, like his own pretended Christian name, to affront mankind, and convey an idea ofsomething ...
Charles Dickens, 2013
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
A drinker of whisky, esp. if illicitly distilled: low (–1896); ob. jiggered , ppl adj. Made from a secret still: from ca 1880. Judy, 4 Aug. 1886, 'Jiggered gin'. Suggested by JIGGER-STUFF. jiggered!, be . As in I'm, or I'll be, jiggered!, you be jiggered!
Eric Partridge, 2003
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
I'll be jiggered!; I'm jiggered! used for registering surprise UK, 1886 jiggered adjective 1 damned, in great trouble. Euphemistic replacement for BUGGERED UK, 1837. 2 useless, broken NEW ZEALAND, 2002 jiggered up; jiggered adjective ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
jiggered, ppl adj. Made from a secret still: from ca. 1880. Judy, 4 Aug. 1886, ' Jiggered gin.' Suggested by jigger-stufi', q.v., and jigger-gin— 2. A5 in I'm or I'll be , jiggered!, you be jiggered! Marryat, 1837 (SOD). Poss. a deliberate fusing and ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
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Little Lord Fauntleroy - With 26 Original Illustrations, 23 ...
"Well!" he ejaculated, "I am jiggered!" He was so dumfounded that he actually changed his exclamation. It had always been his habit to say, "I WILL be jiggered, “ but this time he said, "I AM jiggered.“ Perhaps he really WAS jiggered. There is no ...
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
(c) the percentage of water absorption of cast and Jiggered ceramic articles of the same pattern, which are "available in specified sets'* and which are imported together in a ratio of at least 5 Jiggered articles to 1 cast article in the same ...
‎1979
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Certain ceramic kitchenware and tableware from the People's ...
(c) The percentage of water absorption of cast and jiggered ceramic articles of the sane pattern, which are "available in specified sets" and which are imported together in a ratio of at least 5 jiggered articles to 1 cast article in the same ...
United States International Trade Commission, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JIGGERED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jiggered is used in the context of the following news items.
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Little Hero, Big Screen: The Entomology Of 'Ant-Man' : NPR
They adapted it for some of the friendly ants in the movie. And the visual effects jiggered the way one kind of ant moves. It's less like an insect, ... «NPR, Jul 15»
2
MUSICIANS Lined Up For Hark In The Park - Inverclyde Now
Confirmed acts for the event include Sum Wummin Drummin', The Woopi Singers, Davy Nicol, Reely Jiggered, Beautiful Expectations and The ... «Inverclyde Now, Jul 15»
3
FLASH FRIDAY: Mighty Is He! All About ALADDIN - Movie, Musical …
... soon thereafter, and shepherded the significantly revised and re-jiggered scenario to its final finished form along with Menken and company, ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
4
Inside the Development of Hatfall
... have the technical elements jiggered about for maximum efficiency. Some people were surprised that I'd make a browser/tablet game when I ... «The Escapist, Jul 15»
5
The Fortune Cookie Knows
And with everything now jiggered into the bubble stock market, the bubble bond market, the bubble student loan market, the bubble housing market, and the ... «Daily Reckoning, Jul 15»
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2015 Tour de France Stage 7: Cavendish Gets His Win—and Could …
And, thanks to the way that Tour organizers re-jiggered the green jersey competition this year, Cavendish is now firmly back in the hunt. Greipel ... «Bicycling, Jul 15»
7
GOP's Obamacare muddle: They want to repeal it, but can't figure …
... Office to calculate the impact of repealing the Affordable Care Act, and even when they jiggered the numbers using the deficit-masking magic ... «Salon, Jul 15»
8
Earthquakes fall 2-0 to Houston Dynamo
Kinnear re-jiggered his lineup with Cordell Cato and Wondolowski playing in the Gold Cup. Quincy Amarikwa got his first start after a recent ... «Monterey County Herald, Jul 15»
9
Marolt: Preserving our financial viability by emphasizing popular …
... Aspen portrays is basically a history of its residents' choosing, which most likely is the theme that can be jiggered to turn the greatest profit. «Aspen Times, Jul 15»
10
A tale of camels and birdies as Olesen hits the front in Scottish Open
What with all the palaver over Rory McIlroy's jiggered ankle, and the subsequent punditry and ponderings about the various workings of said ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»

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