jiggered

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   extremely tired; old-fashioned and informal in British English

   After carrying boxes all afternoon, he was completely jiggered.

2. 2
   adj

   broken, damaged, or no longer working; informal

   The lock is jiggered, so the door will not close properly.

3. 3
   adj

   used in the phrase I'll be jiggered to express surprise, disbelief, or emphatic resolve

   I'll be jiggered if I let them leave without an explanation.

From jigger plus -ed. The colloquial adjective developed specialized senses including exhausted, broken, and a mild euphemistic substitute for damned; the last survives chiefly in the expression I'll be jiggered.

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