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单词 jigs
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jig

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noun

ˈjig How to pronounce jig (audio)
1
a
: any of several lively springy dances in triple rhythm
b
: music to which a jig may be danced
2
: trick, game
used chiefly in the phrase the jig is up
3
a
: any of several fishing devices that are jerked up and down or drawn through the water
b
: a device used to maintain mechanically the correct positional relationship between a piece of work and the tool or between parts of work during assembly
c
: a device in which crushed ore is concentrated or coal is cleaned by agitating in water

jig

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verb

jigged; jigging

intransitive verb

1
a
: to move with rapid jerky motions
b
: to dance a jig
2
: to fish with a jig

transitive verb

1
: to dance in the rapid lively manner of a jig
2
a
: to give a rapid jerky motion to
b
: to separate (a mineral or ore from waste) with a jig
3
: to catch (a fish) with a jig
4
: to machine by means of a jig-controlled tool operation
Phrases
in jig time
: in a short time : quickly

Synonyms

Noun

  • artifice
  • device
  • dodge
  • fetch
  • flimflam
  • gambit
  • gimmick
  • juggle
  • knack
  • play
  • ploy
  • ruse
  • scheme
  • shenanigan
  • sleight
  • stratagem
  • trick
  • wile

Verb

  • fiddle
  • fidget
  • jerk
  • jiggle
  • squiggle
  • squirm
  • thrash
  • thresh
  • toss
  • twist
  • twitch
  • wiggle
  • wriggle
  • writhe
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Example Sentences

Verb We jigged to the fiddle music. the mother could tell that her little boy had to use the bathroom because he was jigging

Word History

Etymology

Noun

perhaps from Middle French giguer to frolic, from gigue fiddle, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German gīga fiddle; akin to Old Norse geiga to turn aside

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1604, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a

Kids Definition

jig 1 of 2

noun

ˈjig How to pronounce jig (audio)
1
: a lively dance
2
: music for a lively dance
3
: a dishonest act
Jig's up, Roy thought glumly. No way he won't notice they're fake. Carl Hiaasen, Hoot

jig

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verb

jigged; jigging
1
: to dance a jig
2
: to move with quick sudden motions
He jigged his fishing line.

jigs 1 of 2

noun

plural of jig
as in devices
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end okay, buster, the jig is up

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • devices
  • ruses
  • schemes
  • tricks
  • artifices
  • stratagems
  • plays
  • gambits
  • sleights
  • gimmicks
  • dodges
  • knacks
  • ploys
  • wiles
  • fetches
  • crafts
  • bluffs
  • juggles
  • sleights of hand
  • shenanigans
  • chicaneries
  • gaffs
  • cunnings
  • feints
  • juggleries
  • trickeries
  • flimflams
  • hoaxes
  • duplicities
  • deceptions
  • subterfuges
  • duperies
  • skulduggeries
  • smoke screens
  • cozenages
  • crookeries
  • end runs
  • fakeries
  • frauds
  • blinds
  • swindles
  • skullduggeries
  • fronts
  • legerdemains
  • shams

jigs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of jig
as in twitches
to make jerky or restless movements the mother could tell that her little boy had to use the bathroom because he was jigging

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • twitches
  • fiddles
  • fidgets
  • jerks
  • tosses
  • twists
  • squirms
  • wiggles
  • squiggles
  • shakes
  • shivers
  • writhes
  • trembles
  • threshes
  • quivers
  • wriggles
  • flits
  • flutters
  • jiggles
  • thrashes
  • paces
  • quakes
  • shudders
  • twitters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • rests
  • relaxes
  • unwinds
  • calms (down)
  • stills
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