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jig English

Meaning jig meaning

What does jig mean?
Definitions in simple English

jig Noun

— A jig is a light, quick musical dance or movement.

jig

— verb dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions — noun music in three-four time for dancing a jig — noun a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it — noun a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water — noun any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping

Synonyms jig synonyms

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jig English » English

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Conjugation jig conjugation

How do you conjugate jig?

jig · verb

Examples jig examples

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Simple sentences

Jig, reel and hornpipe are the most popular irish dances.
The Irish jig and the French gigue differ in speed, microrhythmics, and German gender.
Tom burst out laughing when he saw Mary dancing a jig.

Movie subtitles

I jig myself.
Jig easy.
When he goes down, I'll dance a jig like Hitler did when France went down!
You jig, you amble, you lisp.
O God, your only jig-maker.
Why, that's the hottest jig the kids do.
DO A JIG!
Stop this shilly-shally music and give me a jig I can dance to.
Give us a jig, I said.
Do I get a jig or do you lose your teeth?
You asked for a jig, now dance to it!
Give us a jig now, Aloysius!
The jig's up!
Let's jig a little, mamacita.
Signal--pennant 4, William, jig, easy.
Pennant 4, William, jig, easy.
William, jig, easy.
Ever hear of that place? I say let's throw him overboard and watch him drown! When he goes down, I'll dance a jig like Hitler did when France went down!
You jig, you amble, you lisp. You nickname God's creatures and make your wantonness your ignorance.
When Joe got crocked, he used to climb up into a real crow's nest, mind you, and he'd stand on his head and dance a jig on the ceiling.
I'm inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard! The jig's up!
That we are fakes and the jig is up.
The jig is up.
Give 'em a jig!
I am so glad, I could almost dance a jig.
Professor, the jig is up.
I didn't expect them to be dancing a jig.
This jig's got a passport!
Where are you going, jig?
Okay, Gaetano, the jig's up.
All we got today are jig clowns.
I might even do a jig.
A jig?

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But, as Rand reminds us, at some point the jig is up.
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