jig

jig ¹

 (jĭg)

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

 (jĭg)

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

(dʒɪɡ)

n

1. (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. (Mechanical Engineering) a mechanical device designed to hold and locate a component during machining and to guide the cutting tool

4. (Angling) angling any of various spinning lures that wobble when drawn through the water

5. (Mining & Quarrying) mining Also called: jigger a device for separating ore or coal from waste material by agitation in water

6. obsolete a joke or prank

vb, jigs, jigging or jigged

7. (Dancing) to dance (a jig)

8. to jerk or cause to jerk up and down rapidly

9. (Mechanical Engineering) (often foll by up) to fit or be fitted in a jig

10. (Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to drill or cut (a workpiece) in a jig

11. (Mining & Quarrying) mining to separate ore or coal from waste material using a jig

12. (Mechanical Engineering) (intr) to produce or manufacture a jig

13. slang Austral 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]

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jig¹

(dʒɪg)

n., v. jigged, jig•ging. n.

1. a plate, box, or open frame for holding work and for guiding a machine tool to the work.

2. any of several devices that are jerked up and down in or pulled through the water to attract fish to a line.

3. an apparatus for washing coal or separating ore from gangue by shaking and washing.

4. a cloth-dyeing machine in which a roll of fabric is unwound, passed through a vat of dye, and then rewound onto another cylinder.

v.t.

5. to treat, cut, produce, etc., with a jig.

v.i.

6. to use a jig.

7. to fish with a jig.

[1855–60; probably akin to jig², in sense “jerk to and fro”]

jig²

(dʒɪg)

n., v. jigged, jig•ging. n.

1. a rapid, lively, springy, irregular dance for one or more persons, usu. in triple meter.

2. a piece of music for such a dance.

3. Obs. prank; trick.

v.t.

4. to dance (a jig or any lively dance).

5. to sing or play in the time or rhythm of a jig: to jig a tune.

6. to cause to move with quick, jerky or bobbing motions.

v.i.

7. to dance or play a jig.

8. to move with a quick, jerky motion; hop; bob.

Idioms:

in jig time, with dispatch; rapidly.

[1550–60; in earliest sense “kind of dance” perhaps < Middle French giguer to frolic, gambol]

jig′like`, jig′gish, adj.

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jig

Past participle: jigged
Gerund: jigging

Imperative

jig

jig

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jig

A lively sixteenth-century solo-step dance native to the British Isles.

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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 Guests bopped and jigged the night away to disco beat.

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jig

noun

An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end:

artifice, deception, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile.

Informal: shenanigan, take-in.

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Translations

رَقْصَه شَعبِيَّه تُشْبِه الدَّبْكَهيَتَهَزْهَز

gigahopsat

hoppe op og nedjig

Gigueherumhüpfen

jigipenkkipidin

giguesautiller

dzsigg

alòÿîudans; alòÿîutónlisthreyfast til

gigamascherasaltellareagitarsiballare la giga

džigas

lēkātžīga

danse gigggigg

gigahopkať

cig dansıhoplamakzıplamak

快步舞快步舞曲跳动

jig

[dʒɪg]

A. N

1. (= dance, tune) → giga f

2. (Mech) → plantilla f (Min) → criba f (Rail) → gálibo m

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

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jig

[ˈdʒɪg] n

(= dance) → gigue m

(= tune) → gigue m

jig about

vi → se trémousser

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

jig

n

(= dance) lebhafter Volkstanz; she did a little jig (fig) → sie vollführte einen Freudentanz

(Tech) → Spannvorrichtung f

vi (= dance) → tanzen; (fig: also jig about) → herumhüpfen; to jig up and down → Sprünge machen, herumspringen

vt to jig a baby up and down on one’s knee → ein Kind auf seinen Knien reiten lassen

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jig

[dʒɪg] n (dance, tune) → giga

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jig

(dʒig) noun

(a piece of music for) a type of lively dance. askoek, horrelpyp رَقْصَه شَعبِيَّه تُشْبِه الدَّبْكَه жига jiga giga die Gigue jig 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 horlepijpgigg giga مسته نڅا، مست اتڼ ددغه ډول نڅا دپاره موسيقي: يوه اله چې دبلې اّلى درهنمايى دپاره استعماليږي ( ددوهمې الى دكار په وخت كې 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）

verb – past tense, past participle jigged –

to jump (about). Stop jigging about and stand still! spring, huppel, skommel, wiegel; op en neer wip يَتَهَزْهَز подскачам gingar hopsat herumhüpfen hoppe op og ned 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 ronddansendanse gigg, hoppe, sprette wierzgać نڅا كول، غزلى ويل 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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