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Definition of jiggered in English: jiggeredadjectiveˈdʒɪɡədˈdʒɪɡərd British informal 1Damaged; broken. the lens is totally jiggered Example sentencesExamples - It's since my shoulder got painfully and extremely jiggered, six years ago.
- But public policy in this country has been jiggered to favor capital over labor.
Synonyms out of order, not working, not in working order, not functioning, broken, broken-down, out of commission, acting up, unserviceable, faulty, defective, non-functional, inoperative, in disrepair - 1.1 (of a person) exhausted.
Example sentencesExamples - Not because it's a bad film; I was just jiggered.
Synonyms tired out, worn out, weary, dog-tired, bone-tired, bone-weary, ready to drop, on one's last legs, asleep on one's feet, drained, fatigued, enervated, debilitated, spent
Phrases well, I'll be (or I'm) jiggered informal Used to express one's astonishment. Example sentencesExamples - Well, I'll be jiggered, look at the all the property you could buy cheap in York County!
- And we'll be jiggered if a second in Bond's world is longer than a second in our world.
- Sometimes I says to myself, says I, ‘Well, I'll be jiggered!’
- People of Guildford, tell me what you believe in and care about… (pause)… well, I'll be jiggered; that's * exactly * what I believe in and care about!
Origin Mid 19th century: from jigger1; its use to mean 'exhausted' is probably euphemistic for buggered. Definition of jiggered in US English: jiggeredadjectiveˈjiɡərdˈdʒɪɡərd British informal 1Damaged; broken. the lens is totally jiggered Example sentencesExamples - It's since my shoulder got painfully and extremely jiggered, six years ago.
- But public policy in this country has been jiggered to favor capital over labor.
Synonyms out of order, not working, not in working order, not functioning, broken, broken-down, out of commission, acting up, unserviceable, faulty, defective, non-functional, inoperative, in disrepair - 1.1 (of a person) exhausted.
Example sentencesExamples - Not because it's a bad film; I was just jiggered.
Synonyms tired out, worn out, weary, dog-tired, bone-tired, bone-weary, ready to drop, on one's last legs, asleep on one's feet, drained, fatigued, enervated, debilitated, spent
Phrases well, I'll be (or I'm) jiggered informal Used to express one's astonishment. Example sentencesExamples - Sometimes I says to myself, says I, ‘Well, I'll be jiggered!’
- Well, I'll be jiggered, look at the all the property you could buy cheap in York County!
- And we'll be jiggered if a second in Bond's world is longer than a second in our world.
- People of Guildford, tell me what you believe in and care about… (pause)… well, I'll be jiggered; that's * exactly * what I believe in and care about!
Origin Mid 19th century: from jigger; its use to mean ‘exhausted’ is probably euphemistic for buggered. |