Jigger — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey

any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dʒˈɪɡɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/dʒˈɪɡə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dʒˈɪɡə/

2 syllables Say it as /dʒˈɪɡɚ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pony shot glass redbug jiggermast harvest mite chigger

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

medida

un vaso pequeño adecuado para contener un solo trago de whisky

🇵🇹Portuguese

coqueteleira

um copo pequeno adequado para conter um único gole de uísque

🇷🇺Russian

джиггер

небольшой стакан, в который можно вместить один глоток виски

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पीहू

व्हिस्की का एक निगल लेने के लिए पर्याप्त छोटा गिलास

🇧🇩Bengali

জিগার

একটি ছোট গ্লাস হুইস্কির একক গিলে রাখার জন্য যথেষ্ট

🇮🇳Tamil

ஜிக்கர்

விஸ்கியை ஒரு முறை விழுங்குவதற்கு போதுமான சிறிய கண்ணாடி

🇮🇳Telugu

జిగ్గర్

ఒక చిన్న గ్లాసు విస్కీని ఒక్క స్వాలో పట్టుకోవడానికి సరిపోతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

जिगर

व्हिस्कीचा एकच गिळण्यासाठी पुरेसा एक छोटा ग्लास

🇮🇳Gujarati

જીગર

વ્હિસ્કીની એક ગળીને પકડી રાખવા માટે પર્યાપ્ત એક નાનો ગ્લાસ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜಿಗ್ಗರ್

ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಗ್ಲಾಸ್ ವಿಸ್ಕಿಯ ಒಂದು ನುಂಗಲು ಸಾಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജിഗ്ഗർ

ഒരു വിസ്കി വിഴുങ്ങാൻ പര്യാപ്തമായ ഒരു ചെറിയ ഗ്ലാസ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜਿਗਰ

ਇੱਕ ਛੋਟਾ ਗਲਾਸ ਵਿਸਕੀ ਦੇ ਇੱਕ ਸਿੰਗਲ ਨਿਗਲ ਨੂੰ ਰੱਖਣ ਲਈ ਕਾਫ਼ੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

جگر

وہسکی کے ایک نگل کو پکڑنے کے لیے کافی چھوٹا گلاس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

吉格尔

足以容纳一杯威士忌的小玻璃杯

🇯🇵Japanese

ジガー

ウィスキーを一口飲み込むのに十分な小さなグラス

🇰🇷Korean

지거

위스키 한 모금을 담을 수 있는 작은 잔

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người hay đùa giỡn

một chiếc ly nhỏ vừa đủ để uống một ngụm rượu whisky

🇹🇭Thai

จิกเกอร์

แก้วเล็กๆ ที่สามารถใส่วิสกี้ได้หนึ่งแก้ว

🇮🇩Indonesian

gelas kecil

segelas kecil yang cukup untuk menampung satu tegukan wiski

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الوالج

كوب صغير يكفي لحمل جرعة واحدة من الويسكي

🇮🇷Persian

جیگر

یک لیوان کوچک برای نگه داشتن یک پرستو ویسکی کافی است

🇮🇱Hebrew

ג'יגר

כוס קטנה המתאימה להחזיק בליעת וויסקי אחת

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