Jig

English Meaning

A light, brisk musical movement.

1. Any of various lively dances in triple time.
2. The music for such a dance. Also called gigue.
3. A joke or trick. Used chiefly in the phrase The jig is up.
4. A typically metal fishing lure with one or more hooks, usually deployed with a jiggling motion on or near the bottom.
5. An apparatus for cleaning or separating crushed ore by agitation in water.
6. A device for guiding a tool or for holding machine work in place.
7. To dance or play a jig.
8. To move or bob up and down jerkily and rapidly.
9. To operate a jig.
10. To bob or jerk (something) up and down or to and fro.
11. To machine (an object) with the aid of a jig.
12. To separate or clean (ore) by shaking a jig.
13. in jig time Informal Very quickly; rapidly.
14. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.