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    [Noun]  | "jig" | \ ˈjig \


    1: any of several lively springy dances in triple rhythm

    2: music to which a jig may be danced

    3: trick, game —used chiefly in the phrase the jig is up


    Origin: circa 1560 ;

     Perhaps from Middle French giguer to frolic, from gigue fiddle, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German gīga fiddle; akin to Old Norse geiga to turn aside;

    [Verb]  | "jig" 


    1: to move with rapid jerky motions

    2: to dance a jig

    3: to fish with a jig


    Origin: 1604 ;

    [Idiom]  | "the jig is up" 


    1: —used to say that a dishonest plan or activity has been discovered and will not be allowed to continue

    [Noun]  | "jig" 


    1: a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end;


      * e.g., " ... okay, buster, the jig is up "



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    [Verb]  | "jig" 


    1: to make jerky or restless movements;


      * e.g., " ... the mother could tell that her little boy had to use the bathroom because he was jigging "



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     [ "jig" ]

    1: A device for guiding a tool or for holding machine work in place.

      * e.g.,  ... "The cabinet maker clamped the piece of wood to the jig that he uses to guide the router around the edges of the wood." 

     [ "jig" ]

    1: (Australian slang) to skip school or class, the act of truanting

      * e.g.,  ... "I jigged the anatomy lecture today" 

     [ "jig" ]

    1: A fishing lure which gets it's action from jigging the fishing pole while reeling in. Mostly used for bass.

      * e.g.,  ... "That's a nice bass jig you got there, Scooter. Where'd you get it, Cletus's Bait Shop?" 

     [ "jig" ]

    1: In the south jig is a kind of dance, or to take ecstacy.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) At the party Kassie started saying "jig, jig, jig" and everyone started to jig. 

     [ "jig" ]

    1: Sex. The acting of having sex. Slang used by native people in Upstate NY (Iroquois).

      * e.g.,  ... "I heard they got caught jigging in the back of his car" "That girl's a real jig pig" "I heard she's jigged like a hundred guys" 

     [ "jig" ]

    1: swaggy, or stylish. It stems from the word jiggy,

      * e.g.,  ... "Who else step in this bitch this jig?". Lyrics by Asap Rocky in "Who dat boy" 

     [ "jig" ]

    1: Where I come from to jig is to stab someone

      * e.g.,  ... "Yo that nigga got jigged last night" 

     [ "jig" ]

    1: to take the drug ecstacy

      * e.g.,  ... the gurl was jiggin hard 

     [ "jig" ]

    1: A Sexi dance, when done by a guy.

      * e.g.,  ... "Jig, Jig, Jig" 


     [ "jig" ]

    2: A dance from Baton Rouge.

      * e.g.,  ... "People don't dance nomore, all they do is Jig" 


     [ "jig" ]

    3: A dance done with or without Extacy.

     [ "jig" ]

    1: A way to say "nigger rig" without people around you really knowing it.

      * e.g.,  ... I didn't have screws so I had to jig it with some glue and tape. 

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