Definition of "jig" in Anglais

noun

1. (music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.

2. (traditional Irish music and dance) 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.

   • They danced a jig.

3. (traditional English Morris dance) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.

4. (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.

5. 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.

   • Cutting circles out of pinewood is best done with a compass-style jig.

6. (mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.

7. (obsolete) A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.

8. (obsolete) A trick; a prank.

verb

1. To move briskly, especially as a dance.

   • The guests were jigging around on the dance floor.

2. To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.

3. (fishing) To fish with a jig.

4. To sing to the tune of a jig.

5. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.

6. (mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.

7. To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.

8. To skip school or be truant (Australia, Canadian Maritimes)

noun

1. (US, offensive, slang, dated, ethnic slur) A black person.