Jig

Definition:

  • (n.) A light, brisk musical movement.
  • (n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
  • (n.) A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.
  • (n.) A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
  • (n.) A small machine or handy tool
  • (n.) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing.
  • (n.) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
  • (v. t.) To sing to the tune of a jig.
  • (v. t.) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
  • (v. t.) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
  • (n.) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
  • (v. i.) To dance a jig; to skip about.

Compare jig with other words:

jig vs. jin

jig vs. tig

jig vs. jug

jig vs. sig

jig vs. vig

jig vs. wig

fig vs. jig

cig vs. jig

jig vs. rig

gig vs. jig

jib vs. jig

jag vs. jig

jeg vs. jig

jig vs. lig

jig vs. pig

dig vs. jig

big vs. jig

jig vs. jiggish

jig vs. shake

jig vs. jog

jig vs. jigger

fish vs. jig

hook vs. jig

jig vs. lure

jig vs. musical

brisk vs. jig

hutch vs. jig

jig vs. reel

fixture vs. jig