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Jig (n.) A light, brisk musical movement.
Jig (n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
Jig (n.) A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.
Jig (n.) A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
Jig (n.) A small machine or handy tool
Jig (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.
Jig (n.) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
Jig (v. t.) To sing to the tune of a jig.
Jig (v. t.) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
Jig (v. t.) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
Jig (n.) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
Jig (v. i.) To dance a jig; to skip about.