jig
noun
[ dʒɪɡ ]
• a lively dance with leaping movements.
• a device that holds a piece of work and guides the tool operating on it.
• a type of artificial bait that is jerked up and down through the water.
jig
verb
• dance a jig.
• "he stood up and jigged in the cockpit"
Similar:
bob up and down,
leap up and down,
jump up and down,
spring up and down,
skip,
hop,
prance,
caper,
bounce,
curvet,
rollick,
capriole,
jounce,
• equip (a factory or workshop) with a jig or jigs.
• "the floor space was jigged and tooled to produce six fuselages a month"
• fish with a jig.
• "a man jigged for squid"
Origin:
mid 16th century: of unknown origin.
