jig

Meanings

1. 1
   noun A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
2. 2
   noun 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.
3. 3
   noun (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.
4. 4
   noun A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
5. 5
   noun 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.
6. 6
   noun An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
7. 7
   noun A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
8. 8
   noun A trick; a prank.
9. 9
   verb To move briskly, especially as a dance.
10. 10
    verb To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
11. 11
    verb To fish with a jig.
12. 12
    verb To sing to the tune of a jig.
13. 13
    verb To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
14. 14
    verb To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
15. 15
    verb To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.