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jig1 nounjig2 verb jigjig1 /dʒɪɡ/ noun [countable]  - Also, you can use this jig if you are taking your posts down and placing them on sawhorses.
- But I know if I ever get married, the jig is up.
- Fish the northern side of Bird Island with jigs tipped with minnows at dawn for best results.
- For this I use a fairly simple jig and accurate setting of the saw.
- If you build your jig slightly larger than your posts it will slide up and down more easily.
- Sometimes one of them would leap to his feet and dance a jig before falling over.
► Dancearabesque, nounballerina, nounballet, nounballet dancer, nounballroom, nounballroom dancing, nounbelly dance, nounbolero, nounboogie, verbbop, verbbop, nounbossanova, nounbreakdancing, nouncabaret, nouncancan, nouncha-cha, nounchoreograph, verbchoreography, nounchorus, nounconga, nouncountry dancing, noundance, noundance, verbdo-si-do, nounexotic dancer, nounflamenco, nounfloor show, nounfolk dance, nounfootwork, nounfoxtrot, noungo-go dancer, nounhoofer, nounhornpipe, nounhula, nounjig, nounjitterbug, nounjive, nounjive, verblambada, nounminuet, nounmorris dancing, nounpas de deux, nounpirouette, nounpolka, nounprima ballerina, nounquadrille, nounquickstep, nounreel, nounroutine, nounrumba, nounsalsa, nounsamba, nounsquare dance, nounstep, nounstudio, nountango, nountango, verbtap, nountap dancing, nountarantella, nountwo-step, nounwaltz, nounwaltz, verb VERB► dance· Sometimes one of them would leap to his feet and dance a jig before falling over.· There, all alone in his dark deep room of rock, Tarantula danced a jig.· We danced a little jig around the food, hardly believing our luck.· Did we laugh and celebrate and dance a hundred jigs?· A girl his age was dancing a jig to the music. 1a type of quick dance, or a piece of music for this dance2a piece of equipment for holding a tool, a piece of wood etc in positionjig1 nounjig2 verb jigjig2 verb (past tense and past participle jigged, present participle jigging) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]  jig2Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from French giguer ‘to dance’, from Old French gigue ‘violin’ VERB TABLEjig |
Present | I, you, we, they | jig | | he, she, it | jigs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | jigged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have jigged | | he, she, it | has jigged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had jigged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will jig | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have jigged |
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Present | I | am jigging | | he, she, it | is jigging | | you, we, they | are jigging | Past | I, he, she, it | was jigging | | you, we, they | were jigging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been jigging | | he, she, it | has been jigging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been jigging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be jigging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been jigging |
- Dexter jigged his toes on the floor of Blanche's office, impatient for the night to slip away quickly.
- In the second operation the cross truss frames, having been previously jigged together, were assembled in the frame.
- Long black leather chairs invited you to lay back, headphones on, and just jig about to music of your choice.
- Margaret Trudeau jigging in rolled-up slacks.
- No-one cared that she jacked in to the lock on the tutor's door, feeling around mentally to jig it open.
- The houses joined in, sluggishly flirting their bellies at him, growing blacker as he jigged onward.
- Under the table his feet jig on their soles.
- You keep a straight course, let him jig around you.
to dance or move up and down with quick short movements |