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jigger

noun

ˈji-gər

Definition of jigger

as in gadget

an interesting and often novel device with a practical use a kitchen store filled with neat little jiggers that you didn't know you needed

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Recent Examples of jigger The set includes a jigger, strainer, bar spoon, bottle opener, zester, two whiskey spheres, a muddler, tongs and four cocktail picks. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 Dec. 2025 Add a touch of orange zest, a jigger of brandy, some butter and cream, anything that says the holidays. — Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025 This comes down to a classic Boston shaker set ($30), a strainer ($13) to match, a two-sided bar jigger ($19), and a section of your kitchen counter that sorta permanently has a dish towel folded onto it. — Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 18 Nov. 2025 Includes double-sided jigger and quality bar spoon with muddler. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for jigger

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But as the gadgets have grown in notoriety, they’ve also been met with privacy backlash and doubts about whether the technology is beneficial enough to become a fixture in everyday life.

— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Children today are growing up around AI, robots and devices that once belonged to science fiction, and Yoshida concedes that reality has, in some ways, caught up with Doraemon’s gadgets.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026

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There’s the plush seating area for makeup, hair, and comfortable waiting, of course, but there’s also a bathroom replete with outlets for styling tools and with multiple sinks.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
This year's prizes began with the Nobel for medicine, awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

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The unique contraption leverages air pressure changes to stretch the neck while relaxing your entire upper body with its three heat settings and stiffness-eliminating, dual-wavelength red light therapy.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Hutzler started training to fly the contraption — also known as powered paragliding — in 2021 in Florida and later became an instructor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

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