jig

  1. Noun.  (context, music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
  2. Noun.  (context, traditional Irish music and) A lively dance in 6/8 time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in 6/8 time.
  3. Noun.  (context, traditional English Morris) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
  4. Noun.  (context, fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
  5. Noun.  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.
  6. Verb.  To move briskly, especially as a dance.
  7. Verb.  (context, fishing) To fish with a jig.

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