"rejigger" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rejiggers [present, singular, third-person], rejiggering [participle, present], rejiggered [participle, past], rejiggered [past]
Etymology: re- + jigger Etymology templates: {{pre|en|re|jigger}} re- + jigger Head templates: {{en-verb}} rejigger (third-person singular simple present rejiggers, present participle rejiggering, simple past and past participle rejiggered)
  1. (transitive) To rejig. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rejigger-en-verb-yocbGW8j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for rejigger meaning in English (1.5kB)

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