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Meaning of 'jig' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Jig [ n.]
- A light, brisk musical movement.
- A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
- A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.
- A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
- A small machine or handy tool
- 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.
- An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
- To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
2 . Jig [ v. i.]
- To dance a jig; to skip about.
3 . Jig [ v. t.]
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.

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