Look up: Jig


  1. Jig
    A jig is a lively folk dance, a step dance in which one or two soloists perform rapid, intricate, hopping steps to music in 6 (over) 8 time or (a ' slip-jig') in 9(over)8 time. Surviving most strongly in Irish folk tradition, jigs were also popular in Scotland and England in the 1500s and 1600s. Rel...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/VJ.HTM

  2. jig
    [n] - music in three-four time for dancing a jig 2. [n] - any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping 3. [v] - dance a jig
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  3. Jig
    A vigorous dance developed in the British Isles and popular as an Irish traditional dance style.
    Found op http://www.cbso.co.uk/?page=concerts/glossary.html

  4. JIG
    Joint Intelligence Group
    Found op http://www.londonprepared.gov.uk/glossary/glossary_J.jsp

  5. Jig
    The frame onto which the work is mounted.
    Found op http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/206433

  6. Jig
    Jig noun [ Old French gigue a stringed instrument, a kind of dance, French gigue dance, tune, gig; of German origin; confer Middle High German gīge fiddle, German geige . Confer Gig a fiddle, Gig a whirl...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/9

  7. Jig
    Jig transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Jigged ; present participle & verbal noun Jigging .] 1. To sing to the tune of a jig. « Jig off a tune at the tongue...
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  8. Jig
    Jig intransitive verb To dance a jig; to skip about. « You jig , you amble, and you lisp.» Shak.
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  9. Jig
    Jig intransitive verb To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks. « The fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking for nothing at all.» Kipling.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/9

  10. jig
    1. A light, brisk musical movement. 'Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jib.' (Shak) ... 3. A light, humorous piece of writing, especially. In rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad. 'A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme Praised and applauded.' (Beau. & Fl) ... 4. A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. ...
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  11. jig
    gigue noun music in three-four time for dancing a jig
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  12. jig
    noun any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jig



  1. jig
    noun a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
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  2. jig
    verb dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jig

  3. Jig
    • (v. t.) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. • (n.) A light, brisk musical movement. • (n.) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine. • (n.) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, ...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/jig/

  4. jig
    (from the article `furniture industry`) ...line or conveyor-belt system begins. This is not usually in continuous movement but takes the form of a series of loose rollers over which the ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/15

  5. jig
    folk dance, usually solo, that was popular in Scotland and northern England in the 16th and 17th centuries and in Ireland since the 18th century. It ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/15

  6. Jig
    [jewellery] A jig used in making jewelry, a specific type of jig, is a plate or open frame for holding work and helping to shape jewelry components made out of wire or small sheets of metal. A jig in the jewelry making application is used to help establish a pattern for use in shaping the wi...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jig_(jewellery)

  7. Jig
    Jig is British slang for a lie, a ruse, a swindle.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZJ.HTM

  8. Jig
    Jig is British slang for a lie, a ruse, a swindle.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZJ.HTM

  9. Jig
    [disambiguation] A jig is a type of folk dance, usually in compound meter. Jig may also refer to: in computing in dancing in language: in manufacturing: in sport in entertainment ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jig_(disambiguation)

  10. Jig
    The Jig (port) is a form of lively folk dance in compound meter, as well as the accompanying dance tune. It developed in 16th century England, and was quickly adopted on the Continent where it eventually became the final movement of the mature Baroque dance suite (the French gigue; Italian and Span...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jig

  11. jig
    a device that holds the workpiece securely in the correct positions and has the capability of guiding the tool during a manufacturing operation.
    Found op http://www.mistakeproofing.com/glossary.html

  12. Jig
    A device which holds work or pieces of materal in a certain position until rigidly fastened or welded during the fabrication process.
    Found op http://www.areforum.org/up/GeneralStructures/JOIST%20AND%20STRUCTURAL%20GLO

  13. jig
    A device used to set a dimension, angle or shape for fabrication
    Found op http://oak.arch.utas.edu.au/glossary/view_glossarylist.html?term=j

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