JIGS
/dʒɪɡz/
12
Scrabble
15
WWF
J(8) I(1) G(2) S(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/dʒɪɡz/
noun
- A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- 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.“They danced a jig.”
- (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.
verb
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.“The guests were jigging around on the dance floor.”
- To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
- To fish with a jig.
noun
- A black person.
Source: Wiktionary
