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Definitions for Jig

[1] Machinery . a plate, box, or open frame for holding work and for guiding a machine tool to the work, used especially for locating and spacing drilled holes; fixture.
[2] Angling . any of several devices or lures, especially a hook or gang of hooks weighted with metal and dressed with hair, feathers, etc., for jerking up and down in or drawing through the water to attract fish.
[3] Mining . an apparatus for washing coal or separating ore from gangue by shaking and washing.
[4] a cloth-dyeing machine in which the material, guided by rollers, is passed at full width through a dye solution in an open vat.
[5] to treat, cut, produce, etc., with a jig.
[6] to use a jig.
[7] to fish with a jig.
[8] a rapid, lively, springy, irregular dance for one or more persons, usually in triple meter.
[9] a piece of music for or in the rhythm of such a dance.
[10] Obsolete . prank; trick.
[11] to dance (a jig or any lively dance).
[12] to sing or play in the time or rhythm of a jig: to jig a tune.
[13] to move with a jerky or bobbing motion; jerk up and down or to and fro.
[14] to dance or play a jig.
[15] to move with a quick, jerky motion; hop; bob.
[16] (formerly used in communications to represent the letter J. )
[17] a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
[18] any of several old rustic kicking and leaping dances
[19] a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, usually in six-eight time
[20] a mechanical device designed to hold and locate a component during machining and to guide the cutting tool
[21] angling any of various spinning lures that wobble when drawn through the water
[22] Also called: jigger mining a device for separating ore or coal from waste material by agitation in water
[23] obsolete a joke or prank
[24] to dance (a jig)
[25] to jerk or cause to jerk up and down rapidly
[26] (often foll by up) to fit or be fitted in a jig
[27] (tr) to drill or cut (a workpiece) in a jig
[28] mining to separate ore or coal from waste material using a jig
[29] (intr) to produce or manufacture a jig
[30] Australian slang to play truant from school

Words related to Jig

stratagem, sleight, catch, jest, artifice, gimmick, sport, feat, caper, deception, jape, ploy, device, lark, shenanigan, frolic, imposture, dodge, maneuver, feint

Words nearby Jig

jictar, jidda, jiddah, jiffy, jiffy bag, jig, jig back, jig is up, jigaboo, jigawa, jigger

Origin of Jig

41920–25, Americanism ; of uncertain origin; cf. jigaboo

Other words from Jig

jig·like , jig·gish , adjective

Word origin for Jig

C16 (originally: a dance or the music for it; applied to various modern devices because of the verbal sense: to jerk up and down rapidly): of unknown origin

Synonyms for Jig

accomplishment, antic, artifice, caper, catch, deception, device, dodge, escapade, feat, feint, frolic, gag, gambol, gimmick, imposture, jape, jest, lark, maneuver, ploy, put-on, ruse, shenanigan, sleight, sport, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, tomfoolery, wile, funny business, monkeyshine, practical joke, sleight of hand