Definitions for jigdʒɪg

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jigdʒɪg(n.; v.)jigged, jig•ging.

(n.)a plate, box, or open frame for holding work and for guiding a machine tool to the work.
Category: Machinery
any of several devices that are jerked up and down in or pulled through the water to attract fish to a line.
Category: Sport
an apparatus for washing coal or separating ore from gangue by shaking and washing.
Category: Mining
a cloth-dyeing machine in which a roll of fabric is unwound, passed through a vat of dye, and then rewound onto another cylinder.
Category: Textiles
(v.t.)to treat, cut, produce, etc., with a jig.
Category: Textiles
(v.i.)to use a jig.
to fish with a jig.
Category: Sport

Origin of jig:

1855–60; prob. akin to jig2, in sense “jerk to and fro”

jigdʒɪg(n.; v.)jigged, jig•ging.

(n.)a rapid, lively, springy, irregular dance for one or more persons, usu. in triple meter.
Category: Music and Dance
a piece of music for such a dance.
Category: Music and Dance
Obs. prank; trick.
(v.t.)to dance (a jig or any lively dance).
Category: Music and Dance
to sing or play in the time or rhythm of a jig:
to jig a tune.
Category: Music and Dance
to cause to move with quick, jerky or bobbing motions.
(v.i.)to dance or play a jig.
Category: Music and Dance
to move with a quick, jerky motion; hop; bob.

Idioms for jig:

in jig time,with dispatch; rapidly.
Category: Idiom, Informal

Origin of jig:

1550–60; in earliest sense “kind of dance” perh. < MF giguer to frolic, gambol

jig′like`(adj.)

jig′gish(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

jig, gigue(noun)
music in three-four time for dancing a jig
jig(noun)
a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
jig(noun)
a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
jig(verb)
any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
jig(verb)
dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions

Wiktionary

jig(Noun)
A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
jig(Noun)
A lively dance in 6/8 time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in 6/8 time.
they danced a jig
jig(Noun)
A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
jig(Noun)
A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
jig(Noun)
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.
jig(Verb)
To move briskly, especially as a dance.
The guests were jigging around on the dancefloor
jig(Verb)
To fish with a jig.

Origin: An assimilated form of earlier gig, from gigge, from gige, gigue, of origin, from Old Low *, from gīganan, from gheiǵh-. Cognate with ghighe, Geige, gige, gigja. More at gig, geg.

Webster Dictionary

Jig(noun)
a light, brisk musical movement
Jig(noun)
a light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad
Jig(noun)
a piece of sport; a trick; a prank
Jig(noun)
a trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached
Jig(noun)
a small machine or handy tool
Jig(noun)
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
Jig(noun)
an apparatus or a machine for jigging ore
Jig(verb)
to sing to the tune of a jig
Jig(verb)
to trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude
Jig(verb)
to sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n
Jig(noun)
to cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine
Jig(verb)
to dance a jig; to skip about

Translations for jig

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

jig(noun)

(a piece of music for) a type of lively dance.

askoek, horrelpypAfrikaans
رَقْصَه شَعبِيَّه تُشْبِه الدَّبْكَهArabic
жигаBulgarian
jigaPortuguese (BR)
gigaCzech
die GigueGerman
jigDanish
ζωηρό μουσικό κομμάτι, ζωηρός χορόςGreek
gigaSpanish
džiigEstonian
رقص تند و پرش دارFarsi
gigueFinnish
gigueFrench
רִיקוד גִ'יגHebrew
थिरकन नाच नाचने की गतHindi
vrsta brzog plesaCroatian
dzsigg (tánc)Hungarian
dansa gembiraIndonesian
alþÿðudans; alþÿðutónlistIcelandic
gigaItalian
ジグJapanese
지그(보통은 3박자의 활발한 춤)Korean
džigasLithuanian
žīgaLatvian
irama jigMalay
horlepijpDutch
giggNorwegian
gigaPolish
رقص تند و پرش دارPersian
مسته نڅا، مست اتڼ ددغه ډول نڅا دپاره موسيقي: يوه اله چې دبلې اّلى درهنمايى دپاره استعماليږي ( ددوهمې الى دكار په وخت كېPashto
jigaPortuguese
gigăRomanian
джигаRussian
gigaSlovak
poskočen plesSlovenian
džigSerbian
jiggSwedish
การเต้นรำด้วยจังหวะเร็วThai
cig dansıTurkish
快步舞(曲)Chinese (Trad.)
джигаUkrainian
ایک جوشیلا رقصUrdu
điệu nhảy jigVietnamese
快步舞（曲）Chinese (Simp.)