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   Jig

   /jiɡ/

   

   noun

   • 1. a lively dance with leaping movements.
   • ▪ a piece of music for a jig, typically in compound time.
   • 2. a device that holds a piece of work and guides the tools operating on it.
   • 3. a type of artificial bait that is jerked up and down through the water.

   verb

   • 1. dance a jig: "he stood up and jigged in the cockpit"
   • ▪ move up and down with a quick jerky motion: "we were jigging about in our seats"
   • 2. equip (a factory or workshop) with a jig or jigs: "the floor space was jigged and tooled to produce six fuselages a month"
   • 3. fish with a jig: "a man jigged for squid"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • J

     8

   • I

     1

   • G

     2

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