jig

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A light, brisk musical movement

   A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.

2. 2

   A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time

   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.

   • They danced a jig.
   • Soon Marshall is doing an elaborate foot-to-foot jig, and then they're all bounding around. Shoulder dips. Yee-ha faces. It's an impromptu hoedown.
3. 3

   A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance…

   A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.

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   1. 4

      A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or…

      A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.

   2. 5

      A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the…

      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.

      • Cutting circles out of pinewood is best done with a compass-style jig.
      • The bodywork employs, where possible, the same constructional methods as for the standard B.R. coaching stock, in order to utilise existing jigs and press tools.
      • The craze for realism now led the toy manufacturers to try to make their models from still secret plans for the new cars. Should a car firm scrap its plans and jigs, the toy firm had to follow suit.
   3. 6

      An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.

   4. 7

      A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme

      A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.

      • A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme / Praised and applauded by a clamorous chime.
   5. 8

      A trick

      A trick; a prank.

      • This Innovation? Is't not a fine Jigg? / A precious cunning in the late Protector / To shuffle a new Prince into the State.
   6. 9

      To move briskly, especially as a dance.

      • The guests were jigging around on the dance floor.
   7. 10

      To move with a skip or rhythm

      To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.

      • the candle-flame stretched itself tall, and began jigging up and down.
      • […]and the fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking for nothing at all.
   8. 11

      To fish with a jig.

   9. 12

      To sing to the tune of a jig.

      • No, my complete master, but to jig off a tune at the tongue’s end, canary to it with your feet, humor it with turning up your eyelids,
   10. 13

       To trick or cheat

       To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.

       • Make thy moan to ballad singers and rhymers ; they'll jig out thy wretchedness and abominations to new tunes
   11. 14

       To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.

   12. 15

       To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.

   13. 16

       To skip school or be truant.

   14. 17

       A black person.

       • “You got a new jig, huh?” The boy looked out at Jones through his swirls of oiled hair. “What happened to the last one? He die or something?”
       • This type of pickpocket, it should be noted, is passing from the scene; most class cannons now operating are old-timers. “The only youngsters I see breaking in on the whiz are jigs, and they are coining a bebop lingo that is something. […]
       • “…Lucky for me he wasn’t a jig, otherwise I couldn’t have done it.” “Jig?” “Nigger. Afro American.” His voice was heavy with sarcasm.
   15. 18

       radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter J.

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