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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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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

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

jig [dʒɪg] n → lebhafter Volkstanz

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, horrelpypرَقْصَه شَعبِيَّه تُشْبِه الدَّبْكَهжигаgigajigdie Gigueζωηρό μουσικό κομμάτι, ζωηρός χορόςgigadžiigرقص تند و پرش دارgiguegigueרִיקוד גִ'יגथिरकन नाच नाचने की गतvrsta brzog plesadzsigg (tánc)dansa gembiraalþÿðudans; alþÿðutónlistgigaジグ지그(춤곡)džigasžīgairama jighorlepijpgigggigajigagigăджигаgigaposkočen plesdžigjiggการเต้นรำด้วยจังหวะเร็วcig dansı快步舞曲джигаایک جوشیلا رقصđiệu 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 wipيَتَهَزْهَزподскачамhopsathoppe op og nedherumhüpfenχοροπηδώbailar la gigahüppamaورجه وورجه کردنpomppiasautillerלְהִתנוֹעֵעनाचनाvrpoljiti se, poskakivatiugrándozikberjingkrak-jingkrakhreyfast til (og frá)saltellareはね回る뛰어다니다šokinėtilēkātmelompat-lompatronddansendanse gigg, hoppe, sprettewierzgaćgingara ţopăiприплясыватьkrepčiť, skackaťposkakovatiskakutatihoppa, skuttaเคลื่อนไหวไปมาอย่างรวดเร็วhoplamak, zıplamak跳動підстрибувати, підскакуватиاچھلناnhảy điệu jig跳动