Chigger

Quick meaning: Chigger is a noun meaning A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.

Meaning

A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.

More Meanings

1. (US, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) An East Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical urban African American.
2. A harvest mite (Trombiculidae spp.), a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching.

Example Sentences

—He's not black, Stacia Jacobs who smelled like pee said. — He's yellow and black. He's a chigger. Do you know what a chigger is? It's a chink and a nigger.

Dr. Lareau, an emergency medicine physician at Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital in Virginia, had seen these marks once or twice before on patients. She knew what had caused them. They were from chiggers, a species of tiny, reddish-brown mites able to leave bites that remain itchy for days or weeks.

Word Forms

• chiggers
• chigga

Synonyms for chigger

Depending on context, synonyms include chigoe, redbug, jigger.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chigoe, redbug, jigger, bites, mites, chegoe.

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