jig
/d͡ʒɪɡ/ verb C2- To move briskly, especially as a dance. · The guests were jigging around on the dance floor.
- To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
- To fish with a jig.
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- 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.
He/she/it jigs · Past jigged · Past participle jigged · -ing form jigging
Verb forms
- Base form
- jig
- He/she/it
- jigs
- Past
- jigged
- Past participle
- jigged
- -ing form
- jigging
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