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jiggered

American

[jig-erd] / ˈdʒɪg ərd /

adjective

Informal.

confounded; damned.

I'm jiggered if I know what that sign means.

jiggered British

/ ˈdʒɪɡəd /

adjective

informal damned; blowed

I'm jiggered if he'll get away with it
dialect (sometimes foll by up) tired out

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Etymology

Origin of jiggered

1830–40; perhaps jigger ³ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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It’s possible a hard landing by the Yakima jiggered it free, but it’s also possible the damage to the dock was only caused after the anchor dropped.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2022

Those handful of chords implied multitudes as they were jiggered, pulled apart and put back together again.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2021

“We jiggered every machine to get a seamless working stream and make it safer. We did all of this in anticipation of the big boom in business.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2019

Individual sounds coalesced into stately fanfares, jiggered by outbursts of Caribbean rhythms.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2016

This penalty of being jiggered was a favourite supposititious case of his.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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