jig

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A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.

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(quote-journal)
A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
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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.
An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
(quote-book)
A trick; a prank.
(quote-book)|passage=This Innovation? Is't not a fine Jigg? / A precious cunning in the late Protector / To shuffle a new Prince into the State.
To move briskly, especially as a dance.
To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
(quote-book)and the fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking for nothing at all.
To fish with a jig.
To sing to the tune of a jig.
(RQ:Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost)
To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
(RQ:John Ford Loues Sacrifice)
To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
To skip school or be truant (Australia, Canadian Maritimes)
A black person.
(RQ:Toole Confederacy Dunces)
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