jigging

/ˈdʒɪɡɪŋ/

verb

  1. 1

    To move briskly, especially as a dance.

    The guests were jigging around on the dance floor.
  2. 2

    To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.

  3. 3

    To fish with a jig.

  4. 4

    To sing to the tune of a jig.

  5. 5

    To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.

  6. 6

    To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.

  7. 7

    To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.

noun

  1. 1

    The act of dancing a jig.

  2. 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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