jig-a-jigjig-a-jogphr.
/ˈdʒɪɡədʒɪɡ/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪɡəˌdʒɪɡ/ Brit. /ˈdʒɪɡədʒɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪɡəˌdʒɑɡ/ Imitative words expressing reiteration or alternation of light, short, jerky movements (see jig v. 2, jog v. 3); they may be used:
1.
a. as adv. = with a jigging or jogging motion.
ΘΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adverb] > jogging or jolting to and fro or up and down
jiggy-joggy1600
jig-a-jig1602
bumpity-bump1833
jig-jig1836
joltingly1843
bumpingly1854
bumpity1967
1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. F3v Thou shalt be carted, drawne I meane, Coacht, Coacht, thou shalt ryde Iigga-Iogge.
1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Baccoláre,..to play at titter-totter, gigg-ajoggie.
b. as adj. = having such a motion.
c. as n. = such motion itself.
ΘΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > jogging or jolting to and fro or up and down > instance of
jog1611
jig-a-jig1631
1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre Induct. sig. A4v in Wks. II Hee would ha' made you such a Iig-ajogge i' the boothes, you should ha' thought an earthquake had beene i' the Fayre!
1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida II. xviii. 9 It was a regular jig-a-jig.
d. as v. = to move in such a way.
ΘΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (intransitive)] > jog or jolt to and fro or up and down
jouncec1440
jog1586
fig1595
jig1604
jopper1607
jot?1611
squirt1611
jeta1635
jolt1788
jigget1818
jig-a-jig1840
jolter1864
1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida II. xviii. 9 The whole company..were jig-a-jigging up and down.
2. as n. In the sense ‘sexual intercourse’; also as v., to copulate. slang.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse
playOE
to do (also work) one's kindc1225
bedc1315
couple1362
gendera1382
to go togetherc1390
to come togethera1398
meddlea1398
felterc1400
companya1425
swivec1440
japea1450
mellc1450
to have to do with (also mid, of, on)1474
engender1483
fuck?a1513
conversec1540
jostlec1540
confederate1557
coeate1576
jumble1582
mate1589
do1594
conjoin1597
grind1598
consortc1600
pair1603
to dance (a dance) between a pair of sheets1608
commix1610
cock1611
nibble1611
wap1611
bolstera1616
incorporate1622
truck1622
subagitate1623
occupya1626
minglec1630
copulate1632
fere1632
rut1637
joust1639
fanfreluche1653
carnalize1703
screw1725
pump1730
correspond1756
shag1770
hump1785
conjugate1790
diddle1879
to get some1889
fuckeec1890
jig-a-jig1896
perform1902
rabbit1919
jazz1920
sex1921
root1922
yentz1923
to make love1927
rock1931
mollock1932
to make (beautiful) music (together)1936
sleep1936
bang1937
lumber1938
to hop into bed (with)1951
to make out1951
ball1955
score1960
trick1965
to have it away1966
to roll in the hay1966
to get down1967
poontang1968
pork1968
shtup1969
shack1976
bonk1984
boink1985
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse
ymonec950
moneOE
meanc1175
manredc1275
swivinga1300
couplec1320
companyc1330
fellowred1340
the service of Venusc1350
miskissinga1387
fellowshipc1390
meddlinga1398
carnal knowinga1400
flesha1400
knowledgea1400
knowledginga1400
japec1400
commoning?c1425
commixtionc1429
itc1440
communicationc1450
couplingc1475
mellingc1480
carnality1483
copulation1483
mixturea1500
Venus act?1507
Venus exercise?1507
Venus play?1507
Venus work?1507
conversation?c1510
flesh-company1522
act?1532
carnal knowledge1532
occupying?1544
congression1546
soil1555
conjunction1567
fucking1568
rem in re1568
commixture1573
coiture1574
shaking of the sheets?1577
cohabitation1579
bedding1589
congress1589
union1598
embrace1599
making-outa1601
rutting1600
noddy1602
poop-noddy1606
conversinga1610
carnal confederacy1610
wapping1610
businessa1612
coition1615
doinga1616
amation1623
commerce1624
hot cocklesa1627
other thing1628
buck1632
act of love1638
commistion1658
subagitation1658
cuntc1664
coit1671
intimacy1676
the last favour1676
quiffing1686
old hat1697
correspondence1698
frigging1708
Moll Peatley1711
coitus1713
sexual intercourse1753
shagging1772
connection1791
intercourse1803
interunion1822
greens1846
tail1846
copula1864
poking1864
fuckeea1866
sex relation1871
wantonizing1884
belly-flopping1893
twatting1893
jelly roll1895
mattress-jig1896
sex1900
screwing1904
jazz1918
zig-zig1918
other1922
booty1926
pigmeat1926
jazzing1927
poontang1927
relations1927
whoopee1928
nookie1930
hump1931
jig-a-jig1932
homework1933
quickie1933
nasty1934
jig-jig1935
crumpet1936
pussy1937
Sir Berkeley1937
pom-pom1945
poon1947
charvering1954
mollocking1959
leg1967
rumpy-pumpy1968
shafting1971
home plate1972
pata-pata1977
bonking1985
legover1985
knobbing1986
rumpo1986
fanny1993
1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 54/2 Jig-a-jig, to copulate.
1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. ii. xiv. 468 This was..the red lamp district... The women stopped... ‘Jig-a-jig, Johnny? Very nice!’ they said.
1935 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood Dog beneath Skin i. v. 58 Come wiv me. Good Jig-a-Jig.
1953 A. Baron Human Kind xvii. 124 He put his hand on her knee. ‘You like jig-a-jig?’
1966 ‘E. Lindall’ Time too Soon (1967) iv. 49 This woman's master has jig-a-jig with my blood sister.
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