Word Meaning

Meaning of "jig" and the crossword clue

- Dance
- A light, brisk musical movement.
- A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
- A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.
- A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
- A small machine or handy tool
- A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing.
- An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
- To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
- To dance a jig; to skip about.