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Jig

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Noun

1. gigue, jig

music in three-four time for dancing a jig

2. jig

a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water

3. jig

a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it

4. jig

any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping

Verb

5. jig

dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Jig

see synonyms of jig
noun
1. 
any of several old rustic kicking and leaping dances
2. 
a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, usually in six-eight time
3. 
a mechanical device designed to hold and locate a component during machining and to guide the cutting tool
4. angling
any of various spinning lures that wobble when drawn through the water
5. Also called: jigger mining
a device for separating ore or coal from waste material by agitation in water
6. obsolete
a joke or prank
verbWord forms: jigs, jigging or jigged
7. 
to dance (a jig)
8. 
to jerk or cause to jerk up and down rapidly
9. (often foll by up)
to fit or be fitted in a jig
10. (transitive)
to drill or cut (a workpiece) in a jig
11. mining
to separate ore or coal from waste material using a jig
12. (intransitive)
to produce or manufacture a jig
13. Australian slang
to play truant from school

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Jig

see synonyms of jig
noun
1. 
a. 
a fast, springy sort of dance, usually in triple time
b. 
the music for such a dance
2. 
any of various fishing lures that are jiggled up and down in the water
3. 
any of several mechanical devices operated in a jerky manner, as a sieve for separating ores, a pounding machine, or a drill
4. 
a device, often with metal surfaces, used as a guide for a tool or as a template
verb intransitive, verb transitiveWord forms: jigged or ˈjigging
5. 
to dance or perform (a jig) or to dance in jig style
6. 
to move jerkily and quickly up and down or to and fro
7. 
to use a jig (on) in working
8. 
to fish or catch (a fish) with a jig
noun
Slang
black (sense 20)
a hostile and offensive term

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Jig

see synonyms of jig
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.
n.
Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a black person.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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