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jig
1[jig]
noun
Machinery.a plate, box, or open frame for holding work and for guiding a machine tool to the work, used especially for locating and spacing drilled holes; fixture.
Angling.any of several devices or lures, especially a hook or gang of hooks weighted with metal and dressed with hair, feathers, etc., for jerking up and down in or drawing through the water to attract fish.
Mining.an apparatus for washing coal or separating ore from gangue by shaking and washing.
a cloth-dyeing machine in which the material, guided by rollers, is passed at full width through a dye solution in an open vat.
verb (used with object)
to treat, cut, produce, etc., with a jig.
verb (used without object)
to use a jig.
to fish with a jig.
jig
2[jig]
noun
a rapid, lively, springy, irregular dance for one or more persons, usually in triple meter.
a piece of music for or in the rhythm of such a dance.
Obsolete.prank; trick.
verb (used with object)
to dance (a jig or any lively dance).
to sing or play in the time or rhythm of a jig.
to jig a tune.
to move with a jerky or bobbing motion; jerk up and down or to and fro.
jig
3[jig]
noun
(formerly used in communications to represent the letterJ. )
jig
4[jig]
noun
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.
jig
/ ɪɡ /
noun
any of several old rustic kicking and leaping dances
a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, usually in six-eight time
a mechanical device designed to hold and locate a component during machining and to guide the cutting tool
angling any of various spinning lures that wobble when drawn through the water
Also called: jigger.mining a device for separating ore or coal from waste material by agitation in water
obsoletea joke or prank
verb
to dance (a jig)
to jerk or cause to jerk up and down rapidly
(often foll by up) to fit or be fitted in a jig
(tr) to drill or cut (a workpiece) in a jig
mining to separate ore or coal from waste material using a jig
(intr) to produce or manufacture a jig
slangto play truant from school
Other 51Թ Forms
- jiglike adjective
- jiggish adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of jig1
Origin of jig2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of jig1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
The design depicts a man dancing a jig while holding a Christian cross above a symbol linked to the Norse god Odin.
But though they’re different in many respects, the two best friends can see right through each other, and there’s a clock ticking until the jig is up.
He did not demand that Martin dance the Lucky Charms leprechaun jig, and did not indulge in blatantly offensive stereotypes about Ireland or Irish people in expressing his affection.
“As soon as the sheriffs were called, they walked out of the building. They knew that their jig was up.”
He shows off a jig, developed in-house, upon which a seat can be mounted and angled so that workers can easily access the sides or underside.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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