Jig(n.) A light, brisk musical movement.
Jig(n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
Jig(n.) A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.
Jig(n.) A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
Jig(n.) A small machine or handy tool
Jig(n.) 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.
Jig(n.) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
Jig(n.) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
Jig(v. i.) To dance a jig; to skip about.
Jig(v. t.) To sing to the tune of a jig.
Jig(v. t.) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
Jig(v. t.) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
Jigged(imp. & p. p.) of Jig
Jigging(n.) The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.
Jigging(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jig
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