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1. (n.) jig
a plate, box, or open frame for holding work and for guiding a machine tool to the work.
2. jig
any of several devices that are jerked up and down in or pulled through the water to attract fish to a line.
3. jig
an apparatus for washing coal or separating ore from gangue by shaking and washing.
4. jig
a cloth-dyeing machine in which a roll of fabric is unwound, passed through a vat of dye, and then rewound onto another cylinder.
5. (v.t.) jig
to treat, cut, produce, etc., with a jig.
6. (v.i.) jig
to use a jig.
7. jig
to fish with a jig.
8. (n.) jig
a rapid, lively, springy, irregular dance for one or more persons, usu. in triple meter.
9. jig
a piece of music for such a dance.
10. jig
Obs. prank; trick.
11. (v.t.) jig
to dance (a jig or any lively dance).
12. jig
to sing or play in the time or rhythm of a jig:
to jig a tune.
13. jig
to cause to move with quick, jerky or bobbing motions.
14. (v.i.) jig
to dance or play a jig.
15. jig
to move with a quick, jerky motion; hop; bob.
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| Definition of 'jig' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) jig, gigue
music in three-four time for dancing a jig
2. (noun) jig
a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
3. (noun) jig
a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
4. (verb) jig
any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
5. (verb) jig
dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) jig
a light, brisk musical movement
2. (noun) jig
a light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad
3. (noun) jig
a piece of sport; a trick; a prank
4. (noun) jig
a trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached
5. (noun) jig
a small machine or handy tool
6. (noun) jig
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
7. (noun) jig
an apparatus or a machine for jigging ore
8. (noun) jig
to cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine
9. (verb) jig
to sing to the tune of a jig
10. (verb) jig
to trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude
11. (verb) jig
to sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n
12. (verb) jig
to dance a jig; to skip about
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Sense: (a piece of music for) a type of lively dance.
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 Afrikaans: askoek, horrelpyp |
 Arabic: رَقْصَه شَعبِيَّه تُشْبِه |
 Bulgarian: жига |
 Brazilian: jiga |
 Czech: giga |
 German: die Gigue |
 Danish: jig |
 Greek: ζωηρό μουσικό κομμάτι, ζω |
 Spanish: giga |
 Estonian: džiig |
 Farsi: رقص تند و پرش دار |
 Finnish: gigue |
 French: gigue |
 Hebrew: רִיקוד גִ'יג |
 Hindi: थिरकन नाच नाचने की गत |
 Croatian: vrsta brzog plesa |
 Hungarian: dzsigg (tánc) |
 Indonesian: dansa gembira |
 Icelandic: alþÿðudans; alþÿðutónlist |
 Italian: giga |
 Japanese: ジグ |
 Korean: 지그(보통은 3박자의 활발한 춤) |
 Lithuanian: džigas |
 Latvian: žīga |
 Malay: irama jig |
 Dutch: horlepijp |
 Norwegian: gigg |
 Polish: giga |
 Persian: رقص تند و پرش دار |
 Pashto: مسته نڅا، مست اتڼ ددغه ډو |
 Portuguese: jiga |
 Romanian: gigă |
 Russian: джига |
 Slovak: giga |
 Slovenian: poskočen ples |
 Serbian: džig |
 Swedish: jigg |
 Thai: การเต้นรำด้วยจังหวะเร็ว |
 Turkish: cig dansı |
 Taiwanese: 快步舞(曲) |
 Ukrainian: джига |
 Urdu: ایک جوشیلا رقص |
 Vietnamese: điệu nhảy jig |
 Chinese: 快步舞（曲） |
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