noun · rare

jig

jig · jigs

шаблон, кондуктор, джига, блесна

Lehre, Vorrichtung, Schablone

A light, brisk musical movementA light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.

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/d͡ʒɪɡ/

» When Tom saw Mary dancing a jig, he started laughing.

Meaning

9 senses

A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
(Irish, traditional)A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
They danced a jig.
джи́гаdžíga
A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
блесна́blesná
A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
Cutting circles out of pinewood is best done with a compass-style jig.
Schablone, Lehre, Vorrichtung
конду́кторkondúktor, шабло́нšablón
An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
(US, dated, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur)A black person.
(obsolete)A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
(obsolete)A trick; a prank.

More definitions

any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
music in three-four time for dancing a jig

Examples

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When Tom saw Mary dancing a jig, he started laughing.
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Tom burst out laughing when he saw Mary dancing a jig.
deTom brach in Lachen aus, als er Maria Jig tanzen sah.
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At last the jig is up.
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She didn't want the jig to be up.
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The jig is up; let's face the music like men.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

lively Irish dance:

type of fishing lure:

mechanical device:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

mechanical device:

Origin

Unknown. Derivation from Middle English gyge (“fiddle”), from Old French gigue (“a fiddle”

Unknown. Derivation from Middle English gyge (“fiddle”), from Old French gigue (“a fiddle”) has been proposed, but the connection and sense development are obscure. The sense “a type of dance” of modern French gigue is borrowed from English.

Probably a clipping of jigaboo, of uncertain origin, perhaps an African/Bantu word. Alternatively, jigaboo may be derived from jig (“dance”).

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