Definitions for the word "jig" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A light, brisk musical movement.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A small machine or handy tool
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To sing to the tune of a jig.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. i.
To dance a jig; to skip about.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
1 a lively leaping dance. B music for this. 2 device that holds a piece of work and guides the tools operating on it. v. (-gg-) 1 dance a jig. 2 (often foll. By about) move quickly and jerkily up and down; fidget. 3 work on or equip with a jig or jigs. [origin unknown]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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