jig

Etymology 1
. Derivation from, from has been proposed, but the connection and sense development are obscure. The sense “a type of dance” of modern is borrowed from English.

Noun

 * 1)  A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
 * 4)  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.
 * 6)  An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
 * 7)  A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
 * 8)  A trick; a prank.
 * 1)  An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
 * 2)  A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
 * 3)  A trick; a prank.
 * 1)  A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
 * 2)  A trick; a prank.
 * 1)  A trick; a prank.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: жига
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 吉格
 * Esperanto: ĵigo
 * Georgian: ჯიგა
 * Hungarian: dzsigg, gyors/vidám tánc
 * Ido:
 * Irish: port
 * Japanese: ジッグ, ジグ
 * Lithuanian: džiga
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: port-cruinn
 * Swedish: jig


 * Bulgarian: блесна
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: （帶墜子的）釣鉤
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: jigg
 * Turkish:


 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: მოდელი, შაბლონი
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:, szerszámbefogó, ,
 * Japanese: ジグ, 治具
 * Korean: 지그
 * Maori: rauhanga
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: plantilla de guía,, ,


 * Hungarian:, , , derítőgép, rázórosta, rázórostás ércdúsító


 * French: (1)

Verb

 * 1) To move briskly, especially as a dance.
 * 2) To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
 * 3)  To fish with a jig.
 * 4) To sing to the tune of a jig.
 * 5) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
 * 6)  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)
 * 1) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
 * 2)  To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
 * 3) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
 * 4) To skip school or be truant (Australia, Canadian Maritimes)
 * 1) To skip school or be truant (Australia, Canadian Maritimes)

Translations

 * French: ,

Etymology 2
Probably a, of uncertain origin, perhaps an African/ word. Alternatively, may be derived from.

Noun

 * 1)  A black person.