Definitions for JIG
dʒɪgjig

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jig, giguenoun

   music in three-four time for dancing a jig

2. jignoun

   a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water

3. jignoun

   a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it

4. jigverb

   any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping

5. jigverb

   dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jignoun

   A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.

2. jignoun

   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

3. jignoun

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

4. jignoun

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

5. jignoun

   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.

6. jigverb

   To move briskly, especially as a dance.

   The guests were jigging around on the dancefloor

7. jigverb

   To fish with a jig.

8. Etymology: 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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jig

   Wajig is a simplified wrapper to Debian's package management system dpkg/APT. Wajig provides the functionality of apt-get, dpkg, dpkg-deb, apt-cache and other tools. These tools launch as a subprocess. Wajig also provides extra functionality beyond that of the stock apt and dpkg tools. For example, the command wajig sizes provides a listing of all installed packages and the amount of disk space they require, from smallest to largest.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jig

   A jig is a tool used to guide the execution of a task in manufacturing or crafts, promoting efficiency and accuracy. It can control the location and/or motion of another tool. This term is also used in reference to a lively dance accompanied by music, typically in compound meter, as well as the music that accompanies such a dance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jignoun

   a light, brisk musical movement

2. Jignoun

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

3. Jignoun

   a piece of sport; a trick; a prank

4. Jignoun

   a trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached

5. Jignoun

   a small machine or handy tool

6. Jignoun

   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. Jignoun

   an apparatus or a machine for jigging ore

8. Jigverb

   to sing to the tune of a jig

9. Jigverb

   to trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude

10. Jigverb

    to sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n

11. Jignoun

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

12. Jigverb

    to dance a jig; to skip about

13. Etymology: [OF. gigue a stringed instrument, a kind of dance, F. gigue dance, tune, gig; of German origin; cf. MHG. gge fiddle, G. geige. Cf. Gig a fiddle, Gig a whirligig.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jig

   The Jig is a form of lively folk dance in compound meter, as well as the accompanying dance tune. It developed in 16th century England, and was quickly adopted on the Continent where it eventually became the final movement of the mature Baroque dance suite. Today it is most associated with Irish dance music and Scottish country dance music. Jigs were originally in duple compound meter, but have been adapted to a variety of time signatures, by which they are often classified into groups, including light jigs, slip jigs, single jigs, double jigs, and treble jigs.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Jig

   jig, n. a quick, lively tune: a quick dance suited to the tune.—v.i. to dance a jig:—pr.p. jig′ging; pa.p. jigged.—adj. Jig′gish. [O. Fr. gige, gigue, a stringed instrument—Teut.; Ger. geige; cf. gig.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jig

   The weight furnished with hooks, used in jigging (which see).

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1. JIG

   What does JIG stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the JIG acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jig

   From the French gigue, a lively dance, and the Italian giga, a romp.

Matched Categories

1. • Dance
   • Device
   • Fisherman's Lure

How to pronounce JIG?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of JIG in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of JIG in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of JIG in a Sentence

1. Matt Groening:

   Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig, and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.

2. Matt Groening:

   Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig, then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.

3. Royce Lamberth:

   From the point the jig was up, you've done everything you could, good luck to you.

4. The Democratic candidate facing Collins:

   This has been unfolding, piece by piece, for many months, anyone who's been paying attention knows what's going on. And now the jig is up, because no matter how this is spun, it's clear that the swamp is alive and well in Washington, DC.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=JIG
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jig
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jig
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/JIG
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=JIG
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=JIG
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=JIG
9. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=JIG