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jiggered

American  
[jig-erd] / ˈdʒɪg ərd /

adjective

Informal.
  1. confounded; damned.

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


jiggered British  
/ ˈdʒɪɡəd /

adjective

  1. informal damned; blowed

    I'm jiggered if he'll get away with it

  2. dialect (sometimes foll by up) tired out

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of jiggered

1830–40; perhaps jigger 3 + -ed 2


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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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