Definition of "jiggy" in English

adjective

1. Resembling or suggesting a jig.

   • [1916], 2004, Annie Hamilton Donnell, Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1419134671&id=qU0TRF3GqzIC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&sig=omSLlDSrnJuoz4MXcYZv4kmsWCM “He likes jiggy tunes best—please sing him jiggy tunes.”
   • [1965] 1997, Alan Lomax, Jean Ritchie, Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0813109272&id=7zF6mDo_GJgC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&sig=Jp2rPhf8QBFjX6DvPObEbPJqmWg We have always known this “little foolish thing”—Dad’s description of “The Swapping Song.” Very often it is used for baby-bouncing, because of its jiggy rhythm.

2. (slang) Crazy.

   • He's gone completely jiggy.

3. (slang) Jittery, fidgety, restless, excited.

   • If I was too jiggy to hold the syringe, he'd shoot me up.

4. (slang) Extravagant, wonderful, excellent, enjoyable, exciting, stylish, cool, successful.

   • Get yourself some jiggy gear.

5. (slang) Having fun, enjoying oneself totally; losing one's inhibitions, especially when dancing or performing to music.

   • Latin groovers get jiggy at the mercury-hot Conga Room on Wilshire Boulevard.
   • When Ally McBeal's writers decided to have […] Calista Flockhart get jiggy with an imaginary dancing baby […]