英语词汇“jig”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

jigjig1 /dʒɪg/ noun 1[countable] eng. lang. arts a type of quick dance, or a piece of music for this dance2the jig is up used to say that someone who has been deceiving people has been found out and will have to stop

noun | verb

jigjig2 verb (jigged, jigging)

ETYMOLOGYjig²

Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from French giguer to dance, from Old French gigue violin

VERB TABLE

jig

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	jig
	he, she, it	jigs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	jigged
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have jigged
	he, she, it	has jigged
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had jigged
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will jig
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have jigged

Continuous Form
Present	I	am jigging
	he, she, it	is jigging
	you, we, they	are jigging
Past	I, he, she, it	was jigging
	you, we, they	were jigging
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been jigging
	he, she, it	has been jigging
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been jigging
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be jigging
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been jigging

1[intransitive] to dance a jig2[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to move with short quick movements, starting and stopping often