Definition of Jiggering

1. Verb. (present participle of jigger) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jiggering

1. jigger [v] - See also: jigger

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jiggering

jigaboos
jigajig
jigajigs
jigajog
jigajogs
jigamaree
jigamarees
jiggambob
jiggambobs
jigged
jiggeh
jiggehs
jiggered
jiggering
jiggermast
jiggers
jigget
jiggier
jiggiest
jigging
jiggings
jiggish
jiggle
jiggled
jiggler
jigglers
jiggles

Literary usage of Jiggering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. By Lake and River: An Angler's Rambles in the North of England and Scotland by Francis Francis (1874)
"I always expect to lose a fish that takes to jiggering, though it is by no ... I watched a fiah which was jiggering, not long since, and he whirled and ..."

2. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society, American Ceramic Society Meeting (1916)
"24 by casting and 24 by jiggering. These trials were first air dried and then the drying completed in a gas-fired dryer. ..."

3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1886)
"If, after jiggering, he goes down and the hook still holds, he is probably firmly hooked and not likely to ... Jiggering is best met by a firm and not too ..."

4. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1842)
"To the hardening or jiggering machine with the perforated steam chamber. 5. To the use of overhauling machines for stretching, flatting, and smoothing any ..."

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