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jigget

Syllables: jig·getUK/ˈd͡ʒɪɡət/

jigget is the archaic spelling of gigot.

Meaning of gigot

Noun

gigot (plural gigots)

  1. A leg of lamb or mutton.
    • Then is the hoſtie ſlaine and flayde, and part on gridorne put, / The liuer and lights they comely ſéeth and euery little gut. / The gigots and the other fleſh in péeces they did ſpit, / Which roſt, tipling the pleaſaunt wine they downe to table ſit.1581, Homer, “The Seconde Booke”, in A[rthur] H[all], transl., Ten Books of Homers Iliades, Translated out of French, London: Imprinted by [Henry Bynneman? for] Ralphe Nevvberie, →OCLC, page 31

Verb

jigget (third-person singular simple present jiggets, present participle jiggeting or jiggetting, simple past and past participle jiggeted or jiggetted)

  1. (dated) To gad; to move from one place to another in a (seemingly) flippant or idle manner.
    • "[…] and jiggetting to outlandish countries, you'll do well to give her a hint to keep astern of me; for I shall never uphold a person who behaves o' that sort."1814, Fanny Burney, The Wanderer, or, Female difficulties, page 290
    • I don't believe he is ever two days in a place — always jiggeting about from one great house to another.1818, Mary Russel Mitford, in a letter to William Elford, The Life of Mary Russell Mitford, page 288

Forms of jigget

Noun
pluraljiggets
Verb
third-person singular presentjiggets
present participlejiggeting
present participlejiggetting
past participlejiggeted
pastjiggeted
past participlejiggetted
pastjiggetted

Origin of jigget

See gigot.

From jig + -et; related to jiggle.

Questions about jigget

What does jigget mean?
Jigget means to gad; to move from one place to another in a (seemingly) flippant or idle manner.
What is jigget the archaic spelling of?
Jigget is the archaic spelling of gigot.
What part of speech is jigget?
Jigget is a verb.
How do you pronounce jigget?
Jigget is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪɡət/ (UK).
What is the past tense of jigget?
The past tense of jigget is jiggeted.

Words near jigget in the dictionary

  1. jiggermast
  2. jiggermasts
  3. jiggermen
  4. jiggers
  5. jiggery-pokery
  6. jigget
  7. jiggets
  8. jiggetty
  9. jiggety
  10. Jiggi
  11. jiggier

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