noun1. a person or thing that jigs
2. golf an iron, now obsolete, with a thin blade, used for hitting long shots from a bare lie
3. any of a number of mechanical devices having a vibratory or jerking motion
4. a light lifting tackle used on ships
5. a small glass, esp for whisky, with a capacity of about one and a half ounces
6. New Zealand a light hand- or power-propelled vehicle used on railway lines
7. engineering a type of hydraulic lift in which a hydraulic ram operates the lift through a block and tackle which increases the length of the stroke
8. Canadian a device used when setting a gill net beneath ice
9. mining another word for jig (sense 5)
10. nautical short for jiggermast
11. billiards another word for bridge1 (sense 10)
12. US and Canadian informal a device or thing the name of which is unknown or temporarily forgotten
13. Liverpool dialect an alleyway