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A lively, rapid, springy kind of dance. See also Irish jig n. at Irish, adj. n.compounds 3.
The dancing of jigs; light, rapid, jerky movement, etc.: see jig, v. 1 2.
a Metis stepdance originating in the Red River colony, combining French-Canadian dance rhythms and traditional dance steps with improvisational…