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.] |
jig [dʒɪg]
n
1. (Performing Arts / Dancing) any of several old rustic kicking and leaping dances
2. (Music, other) a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, usually in six-eight time
3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a mechanical device designed to hold and locate a component during machining and to guide the cutting tool
4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) Angling any of various spinning lures that wobble when drawn through the water
5. (Mining & Quarrying) Also called jigger Mining a device for separating ore or coal from waste material by agitation in water
6. Obsolete a joke or prank
vb jigs, jigging, jigged
1. (Performing Arts / Dancing) to dance (a jig)
2. to jerk or cause to jerk up and down rapidly
3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (often foll by up) to fit or be fitted in a jig
4. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to drill or cut (a workpiece) in a jig
5. (Mining & Quarrying) Mining to separate ore or coal from waste material using a jig
6. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (intr) to produce or manufacture a jig
7. Austral slang to play truant from school
[C16 (originally: a dance or the music for it; applied to various modern devices because of the verbal sense: to jerk up and down rapidly): of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  jig - music in three-four time for dancing a jigdance 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" |
jig
Translations
jig [dʒɪg]
B. VI (= dance) → bailar dando brincos
to jig along; jig up and down [person] → moverse a saltitos
to keep jigging up and down → no poder estarse quieto
to jig along; jig up and down [person] → moverse a saltitos
to keep jigging up and down → no poder estarse quieto
jig
n
(Tech) → Spannvorrichtung f
vi (= dance) → tanzen; (fig: also jig about) → herumhüpfen; to jig up and down → Sprünge machen, herumspringen
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(보통은 3박자의 활발한 춤) džigas žīga irama jig horlepijp gigg giga jiga gigă джига giga poskočen ples džig jigg การเต้นรำด้วยจังหวะเร็ว cig dansı 快步舞(曲)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 hypähdellä ympäriinsä sautiller לְהִתנוֹעֵע नाचना vrpoljiti se, poskakivati ugrándozik berjingkrak-jingkrak hreyfast til (og frá) saltellare はね回る 껑충껑충 뛰다 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
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