Word Finder - jig

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A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.

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A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.

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They danced a jig.

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(traditional English Morris dancing) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.

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A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.

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A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.

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Cutting circles out of pinewood is best done with a compass-style jig.

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An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.

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A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.

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A trick; a prank.

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To move briskly, especially as a dance.

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The guests were jigging around on the dance floor.

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

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To fish with a jig.

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To sing to the tune of a jig.

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To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.

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

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

Jigg, or Jig, is a very important factor, as will be seen hereafter.

Therefore before concluding, the measurement will be redone as soon as the jig is back in the lab.

These formulae will also give settings for the assembly jig.

The fifth movement is a jig or waltz where the phrase lengths are, unlike the first movement, gradually lengthened.

SolidWorks was also used to design the jig fixtures on which the tube sub assemblies and final assemblies are robot welded together.

Use a jig to hold pieces in place or have a friend help support the pieces while you work.

In addition to Tetris, and Tetris 2, you can also play 3D Tetris or JIG Tetris.

Like a deer caught in the headlights, Simpson did a quick dance jig before slinking off stage.

Outside of its early jig and hoe down history, there are many forms of country western dancing that still thrive today.

She darned near did a jig and couldn't wait to write about it—didn't even take time to dream it.

Apparently it is classed as a ' jig borer ' tho to all intents it's simply a vertical milling machine.

In America single stroke bowing - whatever the time signature - is actually called " jig bow " which is probably significant.

The bowstring jig Some form of device is required to hold the bowstring in place as it is being made.

Making a bending jig The key to good results is to invest a little time in building a bending jig.

It was like watching Dante from Clerks dancing a jig with a head full of paper feathers.

Will the DJ have an Irish jig for aunt Pat or a Doris Day track for the older guests?

To ensure that everything is in line I made a wooden jig.

You can make a simple jig by cutting v notches into an open topped cardboard box.

The puzzles look so real jig zone jig zone jigsaw puzzles and the music sounds so great!

The ' down ' jig step is used in the jig step is used in the jig Figure.

The template for the bolts is again located with pins on the worktop jig.

Disk 9 real harness was tested on the alignment jig.

The puzzles look so real jig zone jigsaw puzzles and the music sounds so great!

Transmission of the load from load cell to specimen was by means of compression platens and a four point bending jig with no articulation.

The Predator XS Heavy jig handles the larger chubby shads and other heavier soft plastic as well as other general lures.

You'll need a router, a table saw and a jig saw, as well as various clamps, soldering equipment, sanders and other basic tools like pliers and screwdrivers.

The first truly "western" jig was in the form of a Texas Stag Dance during a frontier party in 1829.

It is a nice control panel page - you can go from Irish jig songs to modern popular music and back again, all with a single click of the mouse.

Now they leaped up as one, and danced a merry jig.

Men often performed jig solos back in the early years, and they have gone on to evolve into not only square dance, but tap and hoe downs as well.

She darned near did a jig and couldn't wait to write about it—didn't even take time to dream it.

Then Dorothy wound up Tik-tok and he danced a jig to amuse the company, after which the Yellow Hen related some of her adventures with the Nome King in the Land of Ev.