jig

🇺🇸 /dʒɪɡ/ 🇬🇧 /dʒɪɡ/
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noun
R

A fast and energetic dance, often accompanied by traditional music.

She performed a lively jig at the festival.

R

A tool that holds an object steady and guides it during a cutting process.

The carpenter used a jig to ensure the pieces fit perfectly.

verb
R

To move quickly up and down or from side to side.

The excitement made him jig up and down.

translation

n. A fast and energetic dance, often accompanied by traditional music.; A tool that holds an object steady and guides it during a cutting process.
v. To move quickly up and down or from side to side.

Word Forms

3rd Present jigs
Past jigged
Perfect jigged
Progressive jigging
Plural jigs