jigging
/ˈdʒɪɡɪŋ/
verb
- 1
To move briskly, especially as a dance.
“The guests were jigging around on the dance floor.”
- 2
To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
- 3
To fish with a jig.
- 4
To sing to the tune of a jig.
- 5
To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- 6
To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
- 7
To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
noun
- 1
The act of dancing a jig.
- 2
The act of using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.
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