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jig / jig/ • n. 1. a lively dance with leaping movements. ∎  a piece of music for such a dance, typically in compound time. 2. a device that holds a piece of work and guides the tools operating on it. 3. Fishing a type of artificial bait that is jerked up and down through the water.• v. (jigged , jig·ging ) 1. [intr.] dance a jig. ∎  move up and down with a quick jerky motion: we were jigging about in our seats. 2. [tr.] equip (a factory or workshop) with a jig or jigs. 3. [intr.] fish with a jig: a man jigged for squid.PHRASES: in jig time inf. extremely quickly; in a very short time.the jig is up inf. the scheme or deception is revealed or foiled.

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