Found 3 items, similar to jig.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: jig
berjoget
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: jig
jig
n 1: music in three-four time for dancing a jig
2: any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and
leaping
[also:
jigging,
jigged]
jig
v : dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
[also:
jigging,
jigged]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Jig
Jig
\Jig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Jigged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jigging.]
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1. To sing to the tune of a jig.
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Jig off a tune at the tongue's end. --Shak.
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2. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. --Ford.
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3. (Mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
See
Jigging, n.
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4. (Metal Working) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a
jigging machine.
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Jig
\Jig\, n. [OF. gigue a stringed instrument, a kind of dance,
F. gigue dance, tune, gig; of German origin; cf. MHG. g[=i]ge
fiddle, G. geige. Cf.
Gig a fiddle,
Gig a whirligig.]
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1. (Mus.) A light, brisk musical movement.
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Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jig. --Shak.
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3. A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce
in verse; a ballad. [Obs.]
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A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme
Praised and applauded. --Beau. & Fl.
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4. A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [Obs.]
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Is't not a fine jig,
A precious cunning, in the late Protector? --Beau. &
Fl.
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5. A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook
attached.
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6. (Mach.)
(a) A small machine or handy tool; esp.: (Metal Working) 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 template to work to, as
in filing.
(b) (Mining) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
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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.
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Jig
\Jig\, v. i.
1. To dance a jig; to skip about.
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You jig, you amble, and you lisp. --Shak.
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2. To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or
jerks.
The fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking
for nothing at all. --Kipling.
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