Jig
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
jig
n 1: music in three-four time for dancing a jig [syn: {jig},
{gigue}]
2: a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up
and down in the water
3: a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the
tools operating on it
4: any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and
leaping
v 1: dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jig \Jig\, v. i.
1. To dance a jig; to skip about.
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You jig, you amble, and you lisp. --Shak.
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2. To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or
jerks.
The fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking
for nothing at all. --Kipling.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jig \Jig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jigged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Jigging}.]
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1. To sing to the tune of a jig.
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Jig off a tune at the tongue's end. --Shak.
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2. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. --Ford.
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3. (Mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
See {Jigging}, n.
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4. (Metal Working) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a
jigging machine.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jig \Jig\, n. [OF. gigue a stringed instrument, a kind of dance,
F. gigue dance, tune, gig; of German origin; cf. MHG.
g[imac]ge fiddle, G. geige. Cf. {Gig} a fiddle, {Gig} a
whirligig.]
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1. (Mus.) A light, brisk musical movement.
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Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jig. --Shak.
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3. A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce
in verse; a ballad. [Obs.]
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A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme
Praised and applauded. --Beau. & Fl.
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4. A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [Obs.]
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Is't not a fine jig,
A precious cunning, in the late Protector? --Beau. &
Fl.
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5. A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook
attached.
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6. (Mach.)
(a) A small machine or handy tool; esp.: (Metal Working) 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 template to work to, as
in filing.
(b) (Mining) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
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{Drill jig}, a jig for guiding a drill. See {Jig}, 6
(a) .
{Jig drilling}, {Jig filing} (Metal Working), a process of
drilling or filing in which the action of the tool is
directed or limited by a jig.
{Jig saw}, a sawing machine with a narrow, vertically
reciprocating saw, used to cut curved and irregular lines,
or ornamental patterns in openwork, a scroll saw; --
called also {gig saw}.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
229 Moby Thesaurus words for "jig":
Charleston, Highland fling, Lambeth Walk, Mexican hat dance,
Portland fancy, Virginia reel, Watusi, allemande, and jump, angle,
bait, bait the hook, barn dance, belly dance, birdlime, bob,
bobble, bola, bolero, boogaloo, bounce, bound, bourree, boutade,
branle, breakdown, broad jump, buck, buckjump, bump, bunny hop,
cakewalk, can-can, capriole, cha-cha, chonchina, clam, clog,
cobweb, conga, cotillion, country dance, courante, curvet, dap,
demivolt, device, dib, dibble, didder, dither, dragnet, drive,
falter, fan dance, fandango, feint, fidget, fish, fishhook,
flamenco, flick, fling, flip, flirt, flounce, fly, fly-fish,
flying jump, folk dance, fox trot, galliard, gambit, gavotte,
gelandesprung, german, gig, gill net, gimmick, go fishing,
grand jete, grig, grimace, ground bait, guddle, handspring,
have the fidgets, high jump, hippety-hop, hitch, hokey-pokey, hook,
hootchy-kootchy, hop, hopak, hornpipe, hula, hula-hula, hurdle,
hustle, interpretative dance, itch, jack, jacklight, jar, jerk,
jete, jigger, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jump,
jump shot, jump turn, jump-hop, jump-off, kola, lancers, lariat,
lasso, lavolta, leap, leapfrog, limbo, lime, lindy, long jump,
lure, mambo, mazurka, meshes, minuet, monkey, morris, net, noose,
ox dance, pachanga, pas de deux, pas seul, paso doble, passamezzo,
peabody, play, ploy, pluck, plug, pole vault, polka, polonaise,
pounce, pound net, purse seine, quadrille, quake, quaver, quiver,
rain dance, reel, rictus, rigadoon, rumba, running broad jump,
running high jump, ruse, samba, saut de basque, seine, shake,
shimmy, shiver, shock, shrimp, shudder, ski jump, skip, snake,
snake dance, snare, snatch, sniggle, spin, spinner, spring,
springe, square dance, squid, start, steeplechase, still-fish,
strathspey, sudden pull, swim, sword dance, tango, tap dance,
tarantella, tic, toils, torch, tour jete, trawl, tremble, tremor,
trepak, troll, turkey trot, tweak, twist, twitch, twitter, upleap,
upspring, valse, vault, vellicate, waltz, war dance, whale,
whizzer, wile, wobble, wobbler, wrench, yank, yerk
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