A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.
Used in a Sentence
chiggers
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for chiggers.
Editorial note
Anyone who grew up in rural areas of the south is generally on the lookout for chiggers, ringworms, ticks, hookworms, and pinworms.
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Quick take
A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of chiggers gathered in one view.
(US, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) An East Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical urban African American.
A harvest mite (Trombiculidae spp.), a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for chiggers.
noun
A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.
noun
(US, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) An East Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical urban African American.
noun
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
Anyone who grew up in rural areas of the south is generally on the lookout for chiggers, ringworms, ticks, hookworms, and pinworms.
It works for chiggers, although if one is sufficiently hirsute the cure may be worse then the disease.
They are kind of like chiggers, burrowing under the skin, and are too small to see with the naked eye.
Warblers greet the dawn, singing their age-old song, Yet amidst them, mosquitoes and chiggers throng.
One thing this won't help with are the chiggers which also populate my yard.
The worst part of all that were mosquitoes and chiggers in the summer.
The ticks and chiggers will give you a serious lesson in suffering and it'll last at least a couple weeks after you've left.
Personally, I’ve been having more trouble with chiggers than ticks, but infected ticks are always that lurking nightmare scenario.
Also certain kinds of nasty insects like ticks, chiggers, no-see ‘ums, etc.
I wear muck boots nearly all the time I'm outside because they seem to shed chiggers and ticks pretty well.
Why did you cause me to have childhood nightmares about chiggers?
Here lies Scott, bitten to death by chiggers:) LOL!
Quote examples
The forest around my house has be minimally cleared to include about a 30' gravel "yard" and there's no where to be safe from the damned ticks and chiggers.
We have a lot of ticks and chiggers in the area (Ozark Mtns) but there are better ways to deal with those than "nuking" the lawns with chemical pesticides.
Still have a few "chiggers" out there though, but those can be killed off easy with diatomaceous earth in the early Spring so I'll lay some of that down again next year.
Proper noun examples
Chiggers, ticks, noseeums, mosquitos, black flies, etc.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use chiggers in a sentence?
Anyone who grew up in rural areas of the south is generally on the lookout for chiggers, ringworms, ticks, hookworms, and pinworms.
What does chiggers mean?
A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.
What part of speech is chiggers?
chiggers is commonly used as noun.