JIG

jig

(noun) any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping

jig

(noun) a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it

jig

(noun) a fisherman’s lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water

jig, gigue

(noun) music in three-four time for dancing a jig

jig

(verb) dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

jig (plural jigs)

(music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.

(traditional Irish music and dance) 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.

(traditional English Morris dancing) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.

(fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.

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.

(mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.

(obsolete) A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.

(obsolete) A trick; a prank.

Verb

jig (third-person singular simple present jigs, present participle jigging, simple past and past participle jigged)

To move briskly, especially as a dance.

To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.

(fishing) To fish with a jig.

To sing to the tune of a jig.

To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.

(mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.

To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.

Etymology 2

Noun

jig (plural jigs)

(US, offensive, slang, dated) A black person.

Source: Wiktionary

Jig, n. Etym: [OF. gigue a stringed instrument, a kind of dance, F. gigue dance, tune, gig; of German origin; cf. MHG. gige fiddle, G. geige. Cf. Gig a fiddle, Gig a whirligig.]

1. (Mus.)

Definition: A light, brisk musical movement. Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jib. Shak.

3. A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad. [Obs.] A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme Praised and applauded. Beau. & Fl.

4. A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [Obs.] Is't not a fine jig, A precious cunning, in the late Protector Beau & Fl.

5. A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.

6. (Mach.) (a) A small machine or handy tool; esp.: (Metal Working)

Definition: 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 templet to work to, as in filing. (b) (Mining) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore. Drill jig, a jig for guiding a drill. See Jig,

6 (a).

– Jig drilling, 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Jigging.]

1. To sing to the tune of a jig. Jig off a tune at the tongue's end. Shak.

2. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. Ford.

3. (Mining)

Definition: To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.

4. (Metal Working)

Definition: To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.

Jig, v. i.

Definition: To dance a jig; to skip about. You jig, you amble, and you lisp. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

JIG

Etymology 1

Noun

Verb

Etymology 2

Noun

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