jig 1 (j g)n. 1. a. Any of various lively dances in triple time. b. The music for such a dance. Also called gigue. 2. A joke or trick. Used chiefly in the phrase The jig is up. 3. A typically metal fishing lure with one or more hooks, usually deployed with a jiggling motion on or near the bottom. 4. An apparatus for cleaning or separating crushed ore by agitation in water. 5. A device for guiding a tool or for holding machine work in place. v. jigged, jig·ging, jigs v.intr. 1. To dance or play a jig. 2. To move or bob up and down jerkily and rapidly. 3. To operate a jig. v.tr. Idiom: 1. To bob or jerk (something) up and down or to and fro. 2. To machine (an object) with the aid of a jig. 3. To separate or clean (ore) by shaking a jig. in jig time Informal Very quickly; rapidly. [Origin unknown.] |
| jig 2 (jg) n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Black person. [Probably shortening of jigaboo.] |
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