jig

jig has 17 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 3.

Definitions

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