Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various small, six-legged larvae of mites of the family Trombiculidae that parasitize humans and other vertebrates. The chigger's bite produces a wheal that is usually accompanied by severe itching.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A perverted form of
chigoe . Comparejigger .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a small tropical flea (
Tunga penetrans , formerlyPulex penetrans ); same aschigoe . - noun a larval mite of the family
Trombiculidae that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings, causing intense irritation, and serving to transmit several infectious diseases.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates. - noun A
harvest mite , a very small, redmite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intenseitching . - noun : (
slang , US) derogatory term for an EastAsian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypicalurban African American .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans
- noun larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A chinese person who acts white is called a chigger (I know sounds like an insect) * I'm sure you can figure out why that is
Must Watch: Jessica Yu's Ping Pong Playa Trailer « FirstShowing.net 2008
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The mite, Mr. Snow informed her, was called a chigger—he advised her to apply mud poultices to her itching legs, a remedy Tasmin adopted with some reluctance, since it rather cut against her vanity.
The Berrybender Narratives Larry McMurtry 2004
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Various other names such as chigger-flea, sand-flea, jigger, chigger are also applied to this insect as well as to a minute red mite that burrows into the skin in much the same way as the female of the flea.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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And Billy dances off again in newer glee, while the inspired musician is plunking a banjo imitation on his enchanted instrument, which is unceremoniously drowned out by a circus-tune from Doc that is absolutely inspiring to every one but the barefooted brother, who drops back listlessly to his old position on the floor and sullenly renews operations on his "chigger" claims.
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Steve182 - Octagon soap works well for chigger relief for me, not prevention mind you.
How Bad is DEET? Cathy 2009
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Got chigger bites real bad one time while picking dewberries out behind the Shamrock movie theater in Houston.
Dewberry cobbler is your reward | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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Did you ever paint your chigger bites with nail polish?
biting insects 2009
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Did you ever paint your chigger bites with nail polish?
biting insects 2009
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Did you ever paint your chigger bites with nail polish?
biting insects 2009
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Steve182 - Octagon soap works well for chigger relief for me, not prevention mind you.
How Bad is DEET? Cathy 2009
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