Jig
[dʒɪg] or [dʒɪɡ]
Definition
(noun.) any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping.
(noun.) a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it.
(noun.) a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water.
(noun.) music in three-four time for dancing a jig.
(verb.) dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions.
Checked by Bernie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A light, brisk musical movement.
(n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
(n.) A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.
(n.) A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
(n.) A small machine or handy tool
(n.) 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.
(n.) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
(v. t.) To sing to the tune of a jig.
(v. t.) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
(v. t.) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
(n.) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
(v. i.) To dance a jig; to skip about.
Checker: Olivier
Definition
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.
Editor: Stanton
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dance a jig, denotes cheerful occupations and light pleasures. To see negroes dancing a jig, foolish worries will offset pleasure. To see your sweetheart dancing a jig, your companion will be possessed with a merry and hopeful disposition. To see ballet girls dancing a jig, you will engage in undignified amusements and follow low desires.
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Examples
- Out upon you, fie upon you, Bold-faced jig! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Behold, the jig is up--let us die. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Susy, dear, you and I will have a jig--hey, my honey? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Edison says: I get a suit that fits me; then I compel the tailors to use that as a jig or pattern or blue-print to make others by. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You should see me dance a reel with Mrs. Major O'Dowd of ours; and a jig--did you ever see a jig? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I might as well (as the Irish say) have whistled jigs to a milestone. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- These men are engaged in making new machinery (designed in the company shops), tools, jigs, fixtures and other machine shop accessories, and repairing those in use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Her Ladyship still dances jigs, and insisted on standing up with the Master of the Horse at the Lord Lieutenant's last ball. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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