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jig¹

  (jĭg)

1. 1. Any of various lively dances in triple time.
   2. The music for such a dance. Also called gigue.
2. A joke or trick. Used chiefly in the phrase The jig is up.
3. A typically metal fishing lure with one or more hooks, usually deployed with a jiggling motion on or near the bottom.
4. An apparatus for cleaning or separating crushed ore by agitation in water.
5. A device for guiding a tool or for holding machine work in place.

1. To dance or play a jig.
2. To move or bob up and down jerkily and rapidly.
3. To operate a jig.

1. To bob or jerk (something) up and down or to and fro.
2. To machine (an object) with the aid of a jig.
3. To separate or clean (ore) by shaking a jig.

in jig time Informal.

1. Very quickly; rapidly.

[Origin unknown.]

Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.

[Probably shortening of JIGABOO.]

noun

An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end: artifice, deception, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile. Informal shenanigan, take-in. See honest/dishonest, means.

A vigorous dance of the British Isles documented since the 15th century. It has many historical and regional variants and in some versions is akin to the hornpipe and the reel. The Baroque Gigue may derive from it.

A device for guiding or holding a part or parts in correct mechanical alignment, either in the process of fabrication or in the final assembly of the parts.

An old British folk dance. It may have derived from either the French gigue or the Italian giga. A fast solo dance, it is usually performed in 6/8 or 12/8 time and is characterized by its lively footwork.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gige, gigue, pilk, borelære, borekasse, skabelon
v. intr. - danse gige, danse gigue, pilke, hoppe op og ned
v. tr. - hoppe op og ned

Nederlands (Dutch)
horlepijp (dans), (pas) mal, spel (truc), lepel (hengelsport), de horlepijp dansen, (doen) huppelen, werken/ uitrusten met pasmal, vis vangen met lepel, erts ziften

Français (French)
n. - gigue, (US, fig) (c'est) cuit, (c'est) foutu, (Tech) calibre, gabarit
v. intr. - danser la gigue, (fig) sautiller, gigoter, se trémousser
v. tr. - (Tech) faire, couper, produire avec un gabarit

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Mus.) Jig, Gigue (Tanz), Einspannvorrichtung, (Angeln) Heintzblinker
v. - eine Gigue tanzen, herumhopsen, mit einer Einspannvorrichtung arbeiten, mit dem Heintzblinker fischen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) ζιγκ, πεταχτός χορός, αστείο καλαμπούρι, (μηχαν.) οδηγός μηχανουργικού εργαλείου
v. - χορεύω, χοροπηδώ

Italiano (Italian)
giga (aria e ballo), crivello (per minerali), farsa, saltellare, crivellare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - jiga (f) (Mús., dança), gabarito (m) (Mec.), truque (m), tipo de isca (f), separador (m) de minério por agitação, guia (m) (f)
v. - dançar ou tocar jiga, sacudir

Русский (Russian)
сборочное прспособление, шаблон, джига (танец), непоседа, применять зажимное приспособление, плясать джигу, двигаться толчками

Español (Spanish)
n. - giga, broma, burla, juego, balada, anzuelo de cuchara o emplomado
v. intr. - bailar la giga, moverse a saltitos, pescar con anzuelo de cuchara
v. tr. - tocar, cantar o bailar (la giga), sacudir de arriba abajo y de abajo arriba

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - jigg (dans), jiggmelodi, pimpel, pilk
v. - dansa jigg, skutta, hoppa, pimpla, pilka

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
快步舞, 带锤子的钓钩, 快步舞曲, 跳吉格舞, 上下快速抖动, 用夹具加工, 按吉格舞曲演奏, 使上下快速抖动

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 快步舞, 帶錘子的釣鉤, 快步舞曲
v. intr. - 跳吉格舞, 上下快速抖動, 用夾具加工
v. tr. - 按吉格舞曲演奏, 使上下快速抖動, 用夾具加工

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 빠르고 경쾌한 춤, 댄스 파티, 낚시봉이 달린 낚시, 흑인, 농담
v. intr. - 빠르고 경쾌한 춤을 추다, 급격히 상하로 움직이다
v. tr. - 연주하다, 낚시봉이 달린 낚시로 낚다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ジグ, ジグの曲
v. - ジグを踊る, 急激に上下に動く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رقصه شعبيه تشبه الدبكه (فعل) رقص رقصه شعبيه تشبه الدبكه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ג'יג (ריקוד מהיר), מוסיקת ג'יג, חכה, מתקן לתפיסת דגים‬
v. intr. - ‮רקד ג'יג, נענע מעלה ומטה, פיזז‬
v. tr. - ‮רקד ג'יג, נענע מעלה ומטה, פיזז, דג בחכה‬

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