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jig ¹  (jg)

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.

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.

Idiom:

in jig time Informal

Very quickly; rapidly.

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[Origin unknown.]

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jig ²  (jg)

n. Offensive Slang

Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.

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[Probably shortening of jigaboo.]

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jig

Noun

1. a lively folk dance

2. music for this dance

3. a mechanical device that holds and locates a part during machining

Verb

[jigging, jigged]

1. to dance a jig

2. to move with quick jerky movements [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jig - music in three-four time for dancing a jig gigue dance music - music to dance to
	2.	jig - a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water fish lure, fisherman's lure - (angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers
	3.	jig - a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
	4.	jig - any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping folk dance, folk dancing - a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)
Verb	1.	jig - dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance - move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"

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jig

verb skip, bob, prance, jiggle, shake, bounce, twitch, wobble, caper, wiggle, jounce

Translations

jig [dʒɪg] n (dance, tune) → giga

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jig [dʒɪg] n (= dance, tune) → gigue m

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jig [dʒɪg] n → lebhafter Volkstanz

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jig [dʒɪg] n (dance, tune) → giga

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jig

n jig [dʒig]

(a piece of music for) a type of lively dance. askoek, horrelpyp رَقْصَه شَعبِيَّه تُشْبِه الدَّبْكَه жига giga jig die Gigue ζωηρό μουσικό κομμάτι, ζωηρός χορός giga džiig رقص تند و پرش دار gigue gigue רִיקוד גִ'יג थिरकन नाच नाचने की गत vrsta brzog plesa dzsigg (tánc) dansa gembira alþÿðudans; alþÿðutónlist giga ジグ 지그(춤곡) džigas žīga irama jig horlepijp gigg giga jiga gigă джига giga poskočen ples džig jigg การเต้นรำด้วยจังหวะเร็ว cig dansı 快步舞曲 джига ایک جوشیلا رقص điệu nhảy jig 快步舞曲

v – past tense, past participle jigged –

to jump (about) Stop jigging about and stand still! spring, huppel, skommel, wiegel; op en neer wip يَتَهَزْهَز подскачам hopsat hoppe op og ned herumhüpfen χοροπηδώ bailar la giga hüppama ورجه وورجه کردن pomppia sautiller לְהִתנוֹעֵע नाचना vrpoljiti se, poskakivati ugrándozik berjingkrak-jingkrak hreyfast til (og frá) saltellare はね回る 뛰어다니다 šokinėti lēkāt melompat-lompat ronddansen danse gigg, hoppe, sprette wierzgać gingar a ţopăi приплясывать krepčiť, skackať poskakovati skakutati hoppa, skutta เคลื่อนไหวไปมาอย่างรวดเร็ว hoplamak, zıplamak 跳動 підстрибувати, підскакувати اچھلنا nhảy điệu jig 跳动