Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

Definitioner

Substantiv

1. (US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1 1/2 fluid ounces, the other typically 1 fluid ounce.
2. (slang, archaic) A prison; a jail cell.
3. A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.
4. (US) A measure of 1 1/2 fluid ounces of liquor.
5. (dialect, Scouse, dated) An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.
6. A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.
7. (mining) The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
8. (slang, euphemism) A penis.
9. (mining) One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
10. (slang, euphemism) A vagina.
11. (slang) A door.
12. (pottery) A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
13. (slang) An illegal distillery.
14. (textiles) A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
15. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
16. (golf, dated) A wooden or metal headed golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
17. (nautical) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.
18. (nautical) A jiggermast.
19. (nautical, New England) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
20. (fishing) A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
21. (archaic) One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.
22. (New Zealand) A short board or plank inserted into tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
23. (US) A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.

Verb

1. (slang, obsolete) To imprison.
2. To alter or adjust, particularly in ways not originally intended.
3. (slang, archaic) To confound; to damn.
4. (pottery) To use a jigger.