any of several old rustic kicking and leaping dances
2.
a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, usually in six-eight time
3.
a mechanical device designed to hold and locate a component during machining and to guide the cutting tool
4. angling
any of various spinning lures that wobble when drawn through the water
5. Also called: jigger mining
a device for separating ore or coal from waste material by agitation in water
6. obsolete
a joke or prank
verbWord forms: jigs, jigging or jigged
7.
to dance (a jig)
8.
to jerk or cause to jerk up and down rapidly
9. (often foll by up)
to fit or be fitted in a jig
10. (transitive)
to drill or cut (a workpiece) in a jig
11. mining
to separate ore or coal from waste material using a jig
12. (intransitive)
to produce or manufacture a jig
13. Australian slang
to play truant from school
Word origin
C16 (originally: a dance or the music for it; applied to various modern devices becauseof the verbal sense: to jerk up and down rapidly): of unknown origin