jig /jig/

1. A lively dance, usu in 6–8 time
2. A dance tune for such a dance
3. A jerky movement
4. A lure which moves jerkily when drawn through the water (angling)
5. An appliance for guiding or positioning a tool
6. An appliance of various kinds in mechanical processes, eg a jigger in mining
7. A mocking ballad (obsolete)
8. A jingle or piece of doggerel (obsolete)
9. A farcical afterpiece or interlude sung and danced to popular tunes (obsolete)
10. A jest, a prank (obsolete)

1. To jerk
2. To perform as a jig

1. To work upon with a jig
2. To equip with jigs

1. To dance a jig
2. To jump up and down
3. To fish with a jig

jigamareeˈ or jiggˈumbob noun (informal)

1. A what's-its-name
2. A gadget

jiggˈer noun

1. A person or thing that jigs in any sense
2. Any of various kinds of subsidiary appliance, esp with reciprocating motion, such as an oscillation transformer, an apparatus for separating ores by jolting them in sieves in water, a simple potter's wheel or a template or profile used with it, and a type of warehouse crane
3. A golf club, used esp formerly, with narrow lofted iron head
4. A rest for a billiard cue (old inf)
5. A light hoisting tackle (nautical)
6. A small aft sail on a ketch, etc (nautical)
7. A boat with such a sail (nautical)
8. A jigger-mast (nautical)
9. A sail on a jigger-mast (nautical)
10. A what's-its-name (N Am inf)
11. A small measure for alcoholic drinks

1. To jerk or shake
2. To form with a jigger
3. To ruin (sometimes with up)
4. To damn, blast (informal)

To tug or move with jerks

jiggˈered adjective (informal)

1. Exhausted
2. Broken
3. Surprised
4. Bewildered
5. Damned

jiggˈing noun

jiggˈish adjective

jiggˈle transitive verb and intransitive verb

To move with vibratory jerks

A jiggling movement

jiggˈly adjective

jig borer noun

An adjustable precision machine-tool for drilling holes

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