Jig

Meaning

Noun

●

In Music:

A

,

; a gigue.

●

In Dance & Dances:

A

in 6/8 (double

), 9/8 (slip

) or 12/8 (single

) time; a

for such a

. By

, a

any of these

time signatures

. Unqualified, the

is usually

to

to a double (6/8)

.

●

In Dance:

A

by one or sometimes two individual

,

a

by a set or team.

●

In Fishing:

A type of

a

into a

, usually with a

or

body.

●

A

in

,

, or other

for

the

,

of

, or both of either a

or the

that is

upon it. Subsets of this general

include

,

,

'

,

'

, and many others.

●

In Mining:

An

or

for

ore.

●

A

,

of

, especially in

; a

in

; a ballad.

●

A

; a prank.

🤬

In American English & :

A

person.

●

radiotelephony clear-code

for the

J.

Verb

●

To

, especially as a dance.

●

To

with a

or

; to

with

or jerks.

●

In Fishing:

To

with a jig.

●

To

a jig.

●

To

or

; to

; to delude.

●

In Mining:

To

or

, as

in a

or sieve.

●

To

or form, as a

of

, in a

machine.

●

To

school or be

(Australia, Canadian Maritimes)

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