What is "jiggs"

Jiggs may refer to:

• Jiggs (chimpanzee), the animal actor who originated the role of Cheeta in the Tarzan movies
• Jiggs, Nevada, an unincorporated community in northeastern Nevada
• Jiggs, who starred with his wife Maggie in the American newspaper comic strip Bringing Up Father, from 1913 to 2000, most popular between the 1920s and 1940s.

Jiggs (circa 1929 – February 28, 1938) was a male chimpanzee and animal actor who originated the character of Cheeta in the 1930s Hollywood Tarzan movies. He was owned and trained by Tony and Jacqueline Gentry.