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单词 jiggy
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jiggyadj.

Brit. /ˈdʒɪɡi/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪɡi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jig n.1, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < jig n.1 + -y suffix1.
1. U.S. slang.
a. Jittery, fidgety; trembling, esp. as the result of drug withdrawal. Also in extended use.
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the world > movement > restlessness > [adjective] > moving restlessly
figent1598
fidgeting1672
fidgety1736
fikey1823
restive1846
jiggy1896
1896 Cent. Mag. May 13/1 The saddle was scarcely fastened, and his jiggy animal so shook him that the center of one of his Egyptian orders dropped out and was lost.
1931 Detective Action July 41 I ain't had a shot for two days... I'm jiggy.
1983 L. D. Stapleton Thirty Years on Line 26 By midnight he was getting a little jiggy. The phone rang and he almost jumped out of his boots.
1991 R. F. Radford & J. Crowley Drug Agent U.S.A. 6 If I was too jiggy to hold the syringe, he'd shoot me up.
1997 Inc. Jan. 38/2 The first two days she made $14,000; the next three, she lost $12,000. ‘The market got really jiggy on me.’
b. Mentally agitated or disturbed; crazy.
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1933 Amer. Mercury Mar. 343 Jones broke up his furniture last night... He's gone completely jiggy.
1987 Boston Globe 21 Feb. John Bottoms is funny and unsettling as a crazy patient, and there are hypnotic moments of jiggy paranoia from Harriet Harris, Nestor Serrano, Isabell Monk and Harry S. Murphy.
1995 Boston Globe (Electronic ed.) 6 July 6 Cheap Eats... I admit that I got a little jiggy going into Dodge Street Bar & Grill... The red snapper was $12.95—over the Cheap Eats limit. I plead temporary insanity.
c. Excitedly energetic or uninhibited, often in a sexual manner; to get jiggy: to engage in sexual activity.
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1997 W. Smith Gettin' Jiggy wit It (transcribed from song) in Big Willie Style I go psycho when my new joint hit Just can't sit Gotta get jiggy wit it.
1998 Los Angeles Times 17 May e1 Latin groovers get jiggy at the mercury hot Conga Room.
2000 Cosmopolitan June 194/2 Jason Biggs..was last seen getting jiggy with an apple tart in American Pie.
2002 Loaded July 120 ‘What do blokes have to do to get jiggy with you?’ Make me laugh. Buy me a drink. Dance with me. I hate men who don't dance.
2. Music. Being or resembling a jig; having a lively or irregular rhythm.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [adjective] > style by rhythm
jiggy1898
polyrhythmical1898
syncopated1908
polyrhythmic1916
mensuralist1940
isorhythmic1954
1898 Catholic World Mar. 766 I feel an irresistible desire to execute a few steps across the room to the jiggy melody.
1921 G. Bradford Let. 13 Nov. (1934) 89 The couplet—but one has only to think of Pope and the couplet to see the ridicule of associating it with the Song of Roland. Scott's octosyllabics are too jiggy.
1960 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 73 371 (advt.) Jingles, riddles, game songs, lullabies, jiggy tunes and silly ballads.
1995 H. Fielding in Independent (Nexis) 16 Apr. 54 It was not ballroom dancing but jiggy dancing—verging on the reckless.
3. U.S. slang. Attractive; stylish; wonderful.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective]
gracious1340
glorious skinnyc1400
drawing1435
gracefulc1449
attrayant1477
well-favoured1539
alluring1567
graceda1586
attracting1589
attractive1592
winning1596
appealing1598
taking1603
allicient1613
enchantinga1616
motive1615
temptinga1616
allurant1631
catchinga1640
gaining1642
canny1643
charmful1656
charming1664
mignon1671
disarminga1718
prepossessing1737
seducing1749
seductive176.
eye-catching1770
sweet1779
catchy1784
attaching1785
engaging1816
cute1834
cunning1843
taky1854
cynosural1855
smart1860
fetching1880
seductious1883
fruity1900
barry1923
hot stuff1928
swoony1934
dishy1961
dolly1964
jiggy1996
aegyo2007
1996 Source Aug. 36/1 Bikinis, barbecues, beaches and jiggy honeys are the order of the day.
1998 Washington Post 29 Apr. d1 Jiggy, stylish, with flair, fly.
2003 Vibe Feb. 39 To judge by the videos..gleaming lollipop paint jobs and 24-inch customized rims are now increasingly competing with jiggy female flesh as the eye candy.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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