Definition of jig Jig
/ʤɪˈg/ - [jig] - jig
We found 30 definitions of jig from 8 different sources.
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What does jig mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: jigs |
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| 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) | ||
| jig - music in three-four time for dancing a jig | ||
| gigue | ||
| dance music music to dance to | ||
| jig - a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it | ||
| jig - a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water | ||
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| 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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Wiktionary 
- jig (Noun)
A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue. - jig (Noun)
A lively dance in 6/8 double jig, 9/8 slip jig or 12/8 single jig time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double 6/8 jig. - jig (Noun)
A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team. - jig (Noun)
A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body. - jig (Noun)
A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others. - jig (Verb)
To move briskly, especially as a dance. - jig (Verb)
To fish with a jig.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- jig (n.)
A light, brisk musical movement. - jig (n.)
A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad. - jig (n.)
A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. - jig (n.)
A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached. - jig (n.)
A small machine or handy tool - jig (n.)
A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing. - jig (n.)
An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore. - jig (v. t.)
To sing to the tune of a jig. - jig (v. t.)
To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. - jig (v. t.)
To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n. - jig (n.)
To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine. - jig (v. i.)
To dance a jig; to skip about.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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jig
A fishing lure consisting of a lead sinker surrounded with hooks. -
jig
To not go to class without permission.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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jig
jig, n. a quick, lively tune: a quick dance suited to the tune.—v.i. to dance a jig:—pr.p. jig′ging; pa.p. jigged.—adj. Jig′gish. [O. Fr. gige, gigue, a stringed instrument—Teut.; Ger. geige; cf. gig.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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jig
The weight furnished with hooks, used in jigging (which see).
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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jig
A trick. A pleasant jig; a witty arch trick. Also a lock or door. The feather-bed jig; copulation.
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