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jiggy

adj
/ˈd͡ʒɪɡi/

Etymology

From jig + -y.

  1. derived from gigue — “a fiddle”
  2. inherited from gyge — “fiddle”
  3. formed as jiggy — “jig + -y”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or suggesting a jig.

  2. Crazy.

    • He's gone completely jiggy.

  3. Jittery, fidgety, restless, excited.

    • If I was too jiggy to hold the syringe, he'd shoot me up.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Extravagant, wonderful, excellent, enjoyable, exciting, stylish, cool, successful.

      • Get yourself some jiggy gear.

    2. Having fun, enjoying oneself totally

      Having fun, enjoying oneself totally; losing one's inhibitions, especially when dancing or performing to music.

      • Just can't sit Gotta get jiggy wit it
      • Latin groovers get jiggy at the mercury-hot Conga Room on Wilshire Boulevard.
      • When Ally McBeal's writers decided to have […] Calista Flockhart get jiggy with an imaginary dancing baby […]

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Derived

get jiggy, jiggily, jigginess, jiggy-jiggy, jiggy jiggy

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for jiggy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA