"jig" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɪɡ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-jig.ogg [Australia] Forms: jigs [plural]
enPR: jĭg Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: Unknown. Derivation from Middle English gyge (“fiddle”), from Old French gigue (“a fiddle”) has been proposed, but the connection and sense development are obscure. The sense “a type of dance” of modern French gigue is borrowed from English. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{inh|en|enm|gyge|t=fiddle}} Middle English gyge (“fiddle”), {{der|en|fro|gigue|t=a fiddle}} Old French gigue (“a fiddle”), {{m+|fr|gigue}} French gigue Head templates: {{en-noun}} jig (plural jigs)
  1. (music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-jig-en-noun-lArV0Y7J Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (traditional Irish music and dance) 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. Tags: Irish, traditional Categories (topical): Dance, Dances Translations (lively Irish dance): жига (žiga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 吉格 (jígé) (Chinese Mandarin), ĵigo (Esperanto), ჯიგა (ǯiga) (Georgian), dzsigg (Hungarian), gyors/vidám tánc (Hungarian), jigo (Ido), port [masculine] (Irish), ジッグ (jiggu) (Japanese), ジグ (jigu) (Japanese), džiga [feminine] (Lithuanian), джи́га (džíga) [feminine] (Russian), port-cruinn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), jig [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-jig-en-noun-sbbGZ8i7 Disambiguation of Dances: 5 14 12 9 5 2 4 1 5 8 9 10 3 4 3 3 3 Topics: dance, dancing, entertainment, hobbies, lifestyle, music, sports Disambiguation of 'lively Irish dance': 15 50 17 3 5 1 7 0
  3. (traditional English Morris dance) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team. Categories (topical): Dance, Dances
    Sense id: en-jig-en-noun-94B6v5d3 Disambiguation of Dances: 5 14 12 9 5 2 4 1 5 8 9 10 3 4 3 3 3
  4. (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body. Categories (topical): Fishing Translations (type of fishing lure): блесна (blesna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), (帶墜子的)釣鉤 (Chinese Mandarin), (带坠子的)钓钩 (alt: (dàizhuìzide)diàogōu) (Chinese Mandarin), jigi (Finnish), блесна́ (blesná) [feminine] (Russian), jigg [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-jig-en-noun-vYegcAt6 Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'type of fishing lure': 8 18 4 51 7 5 6 0
  5. 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. Translations (mechanical device): ŝablono [singular] (Esperanto), pidin (Finnish), penkki (Finnish), jigi (Finnish), patron [masculine] (French), modèle [masculine] (French), მოდელი (modeli) (Georgian), შაბლონი (šabloni) (Georgian), Schablone [feminine] (German), Lehre [feminine] (German), Vorrichtung [feminine] (German), tokmány (Hungarian), szerszámbefogó (Hungarian), befogó (Hungarian), szerelőállvány (Hungarian), ジグ (jigu) (Japanese), 治具 (jigu) (Japanese), 지그 (jigeu) (Korean), rauhanga (Maori), escantilhão [masculine] (Portuguese), конду́ктор (kondúktor) [masculine] (Russian), шабло́н (šablón) [masculine] (Russian), plantilla de guía [feminine] (Spanish), guía [feminine] (Spanish), plantilla [feminine] (Spanish), calibre [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-jig-en-noun-glBI88oa Disambiguation of 'mechanical device': 0 0 0 0 83 17 0 0
  6. (mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore. Categories (topical): Mining Translations (mining: apparatus or machine for jigging ore): rosta (Hungarian), szita (Hungarian), rázógép (Hungarian), derítőgép (Hungarian), rázórosta (Hungarian), rázórostás ércdúsító (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-jig-en-noun-NRznTIeB Topics: business, mining Disambiguation of 'mining: apparatus or machine for jigging ore': 3 3 2 2 6 83 1 0
  7. (obsolete) A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-jig-en-noun-iAHprDjX
  8. (obsolete) A trick; a prank. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-jig-en-noun-U6DdP9q-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɪɡ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-jig.ogg [Australia] Forms: jigs [plural]
enPR: jĭg Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: Probably a clipping of jigaboo, of uncertain origin, perhaps an African/Bantu word. Alternatively, jigaboo may be derived from jig (“dance”). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|jigaboo|nocap=1}} clipping of jigaboo, {{der|en|bnt|-}} Bantu, {{m|en|jigaboo}} jigaboo, {{m|en|jig||dance}} jig (“dance”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} jig (plural jigs)
  1. (US, offensive, slang, dated, ethnic slur) A black person. Tags: US, dated, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
    Sense id: en-jig-en-noun-PG6l68SO Categories (other): American English, English ethnic slurs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /d͡ʒɪɡ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-jig.ogg [Australia] Forms: jigs [present, singular, third-person], jigging [participle, present], jigged [participle, past], jigged [past]
enPR: jĭg Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: Unknown. Derivation from Middle English gyge (“fiddle”), from Old French gigue (“a fiddle”) has been proposed, but the connection and sense development are obscure. The sense “a type of dance” of modern French gigue is borrowed from English. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{inh|en|enm|gyge|t=fiddle}} Middle English gyge (“fiddle”), {{der|en|fro|gigue|t=a fiddle}} Old French gigue (“a fiddle”), {{m+|fr|gigue}} French gigue Head templates: {{en-verb}} jig (third-person singular simple present jigs, present participle jigging, simple past and past participle jigged)
  1. To move briskly, especially as a dance.
    Sense id: en-jig-en-verb-6CFBp7iz
  2. To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
    Sense id: en-jig-en-verb-jFzgBx7L
  3. (fishing) To fish with a jig. Categories (topical): Fishing, Dances
    Sense id: en-jig-en-verb-UuNH9raR Disambiguation of Dances: 5 14 12 9 5 2 4 1 5 8 9 10 3 4 3 3 3 Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
  4. To sing to the tune of a jig.
    Sense id: en-jig-en-verb-WyQ3IOtQ
  5. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
    Sense id: en-jig-en-verb-026iw2tU
  6. (mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-jig-en-verb-8FJBQ39B Topics: business, mining
  7. To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
    Sense id: en-jig-en-verb-jZFc5lgw
  8. To skip school or be truant (Australia, Canadian Maritimes)
    Sense id: en-jig-en-verb-FXN8tin5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jig up, rejig
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(traditional Irish music and dance) 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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          "word": "ჯიგა"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "(帶墜子的)釣鉤"
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          "alt": "(dàizhuìzide)diàogōu",
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          "word": "(带坠子的)钓钩"
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "word": "блесна́"
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          "text": "Cutting circles out of pinewood is best done with a compass-style jig.",
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        {
          "ref": "1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125",
          "text": "The bodywork employs, where possible, the same constructional methods as for the standard B.R. coaching stock, in order to utilise existing jigs and press tools.",
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          "word": "ŝablono"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "mechanical device",
          "word": "pidin"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mechanical device",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "patron"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mechanical device",
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          "word": "modèle"
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        {
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "modeli",
          "sense": "mechanical device",
          "word": "მოდელი"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "mechanical device",
          "word": "შაბლონი"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 83 17 0 0",
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          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 83 17 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mechanical device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Vorrichtung"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 83 17 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "mechanical device",
          "word": "tokmány"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 83 17 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "mechanical device",
          "word": "szerszámbefogó"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 83 17 0 0",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "befogó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 83 17 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "mechanical device",
          "word": "szerelőállvány"
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 83 17 0 0",
          "code": "ja",
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          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 83 17 0 0",
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          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 83 17 0 0",
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        "(obsolete) A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad."
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          "ref": "1635, James Shirley, The Coronation",
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        }
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        "(obsolete) A trick; a prank."
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      "word": "dance the Tyburn jig"
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      "word": "jigsaw"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(traditional Irish music and dance) 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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Irish",
        "traditional"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dance",
        "dancing",
        "entertainment",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "music",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Dance"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "traditional English Morris dance",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(traditional English Morris dance) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Fishing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fishing",
          "fishing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "lure",
          "lure"
        ],
        [
          "hook",
          "hook"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fishing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Cutting circles out of pinewood is best done with a compass-style jig.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125",
          "text": "The bodywork employs, where possible, the same constructional methods as for the standard B.R. coaching stock, in order to utilise existing jigs and press tools.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mining"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An apparatus or machine for jigging ore."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mining",
          "mining#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "apparatus",
          "apparatus"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "ore",
          "ore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "mining"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1647, John Fletcher, Beaumont and Fletcher, The Fair Maid of the Inn",
          "text": "A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme / Praised and applauded by a clamorous chime.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1635, James Shirley, The Coronation",
          "text": "This Innovation? Is't not a fine Jigg? / A precious cunning in the late Protector / To shuffle a new Prince into the State.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A trick; a prank."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A trick; a prank."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɪɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gig (one pronunciation)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-jig.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-au-jig.ogg/En-au-jig.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-au-jig.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "jĭg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žiga",
      "sense": "lively Irish dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жига"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jígé",
      "sense": "lively Irish dance",
      "word": "吉格"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "lively Irish dance",
      "word": "ĵigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ǯiga",
      "sense": "lively Irish dance",
      "word": "ჯიგა"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lively Irish dance",
      "word": "dzsigg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lively Irish dance",
      "word": "gyors/vidám tánc"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "lively Irish dance",
      "word": "jigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "lively Irish dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "port"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jiggu",
      "sense": "lively Irish dance",
      "word": "ジッグ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jigu",
      "sense": "lively Irish dance",
      "word": "ジグ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "lively Irish dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "džiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "džíga",
      "sense": "lively Irish dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "джи́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "lively Irish dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "port-cruinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lively Irish dance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "jig"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "blesna",
      "sense": "type of fishing lure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "блесна"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "type of fishing lure",
      "word": "(帶墜子的)釣鉤"
    },
    {
      "alt": "(dàizhuìzide)diàogōu",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "type of fishing lure",
      "word": "(带坠子的)钓钩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of fishing lure",
      "word": "jigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blesná",
      "sense": "type of fishing lure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "блесна́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of fishing lure",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "jigg"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ŝablono"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "word": "pidin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "word": "penkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "word": "jigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patron"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modèle"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "modeli",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "word": "მოდელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šabloni",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "word": "შაბლონი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schablone"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lehre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorrichtung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "word": "tokmány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "word": "szerszámbefogó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "word": "befogó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "word": "szerelőállvány"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jigu",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "word": "ジグ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jigu",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "word": "治具"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jigeu",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "word": "지그"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "word": "rauhanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escantilhão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kondúktor",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "конду́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šablón",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шабло́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plantilla de guía"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guía"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plantilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mechanical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "calibre"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mining: apparatus or machine for jigging ore",
      "word": "rosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mining: apparatus or machine for jigging ore",
      "word": "szita"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mining: apparatus or machine for jigging ore",
      "word": "rázógép"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mining: apparatus or machine for jigging ore",
      "word": "derítőgép"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mining: apparatus or machine for jigging ore",
      "word": "rázórosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mining: apparatus or machine for jigging ore",
      "word": "rázórostás ércdúsító"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jig"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Requests for review of Hungarian translations",
    "en:Dances"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "jig up"
    },
    {
      "word": "rejig"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "gyge",
        "t": "fiddle"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English gyge (“fiddle”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "gigue",
        "t": "a fiddle"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gigue"
      },
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      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Derivation from Middle English gyge (“fiddle”), from Old French gigue (“a fiddle”) has been proposed, but the connection and sense development are obscure. The sense “a type of dance” of modern French gigue is borrowed from English.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jigs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jigging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jigged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jigged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The guests were jigging around on the dance floor.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move briskly, especially as a dance."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1893, Rudyard Kipling, The White Seal",
          "text": "[…]and the fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking for nothing at all.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Fishing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fish with a jig."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fishing",
          "fishing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fishing) To fish with a jig."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fishing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To sing to the tune of a jig."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mining"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mining",
          "mining#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "jigger",
          "jigger"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "mining"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To skip school or be truant (Australia, Canadian Maritimes)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɪɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gig (one pronunciation)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-jig.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-au-jig.ogg/En-au-jig.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-au-jig.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "jĭg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jig"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "en:Dances"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "jigaboo",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "clipping of jigaboo",
      "name": "clipping"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bnt",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Bantu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "jigaboo"
      },
      "expansion": "jigaboo",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "jig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "dance"
      },
      "expansion": "jig (“dance”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably a clipping of jigaboo, of uncertain origin, perhaps an African/Bantu word. Alternatively, jigaboo may be derived from jig (“dance”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jigs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "jig (plural jigs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English dated terms",
        "English ethnic slurs",
        "English offensive terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Andrew Lithgow, Retribution, page 228",
          "text": "“…Lucky for me he wasn’t a jig, otherwise I couldn’t have done it.”\n“Jig?”\n“Nigger. Afro American.” His voice was heavy with sarcasm.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A black person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ethnic",
          "ethnic"
        ],
        [
          "slur",
          "slur"
        ],
        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, offensive, slang, dated, ethnic slur) A black person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dated",
        "ethnic",
        "offensive",
        "slang",
        "slur"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɪɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gig (one pronunciation)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-jig.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-au-jig.ogg/En-au-jig.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-au-jig.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "jĭg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jig"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.