jig
suomi-englanti sanakirjajig englannista suomeksi
tanssia gigueta
gigue
pilkki
ohjain
jig englanniksi
A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
(usex)
(quote-journal)
A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
{{quote-text|en|year=1897|author=Rudyard Kipling|title=Captains Courageous
A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
(quote-book)
A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
A trick; a prank.
(quote-book)|passage=This Innovation? Is't not a fine Jigg? / A precious cunning in the late Protector / To shuffle a new Prince into the State.
To move briskly, especially as a dance.
To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
{{quote-book|en|year=1891
(quote-book)and the fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking for nothing at all.
To fish with a jig.
To sing to the tune of a jig.
(RQ:Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost)
To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
(RQ:John Ford Loues Sacrifice)
To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
To skip school or be truant (Australia, Canadian Maritimes)
(RQ:Toole Confederacy of Dunces)
{{quote-text|en|year=2003|author=David W. Maurer|title=Whiz Mob|page=40
(obsolete form of)
to go (''used along with (l)'')
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