The Meaning of jig

• (n.) A light, brisk musical movement.
• (n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
• (n.) A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.
• (n.) A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
• (n.) A small machine or handy tool
• (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.
• (n.) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
• (v. t.) To sing to the tune of a jig.
• (v. t.) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
• (v. t.) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
• (n.) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
• (v. i.) To dance a jig; to skip about.

Synonyms

gigue

Homophones

gigue

Rhymes

big , bigwig , brig , dig , fig , figg , figge , frigg , gig , gigue , grigg , isgrigg , knigge , mcquigg , mig , nigg , pig , pigg , prig , prigge , quigg , renege , rig , rigg , sig , sigg , sprigg , stig , swig , trig , trigg , trygg , twig , twigg , vig , whig , wig , wigg , zbig , zig