Jig
Jig , noun
[Old French gigue a stringed instrument, a kind of dance, French gigue dance, tune, gig; of German origin; compare Middle High German gīge fiddle, German geige. Compare Gig a fiddle, Gig a whirligig.]
1.
(Music) A light, brisk musical movement.
Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jig.
3.
A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad. [Obsolete]
A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme
Praised and applauded.
4.
A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [Obsolete]
Is't not a fine jig,
A precious cunning, in the late Protector?
5.
A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
6.
(a) (Machinery) A small machine or handy tool
(Machinery) 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)
(Machinery) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
Collocations (3)
Drill jig , a jig for guiding a drill. See Jig, 6 (a).
Jig drilling or 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.
Jig , transitive verb
1.
To sing to the tune of a jig.
Jig off a tune at the tongue's end.
2.
To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. — Ford
3.
(Mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
4.
(Metal Working) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
Jig , intransitive verb
1.
To dance a jig; to skip about.
You jig, you amble, and you lisp.
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.