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jiggity

jiggity adjective: of motion, consisting of repeated jigs or jerks.

Adjective

jiggity (comparative more jiggity, superlative most jiggity)

  1. Of motion, consisting of repeated jigs or jerks.
    • The jerky jiggity progress of her sapless joints was another effect of insensate activity[.]1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 41

Forms of jiggity

comparativemore jiggity
superlativemost jiggity
alternative formjiggedy
alternative formjiggety
alternative formjiggetty

Origin of jiggity

From jig + -ity.

Questions about jiggity

What does jiggity mean?
Jiggity means of motion, consisting of repeated jigs or jerks.
What part of speech is jiggity?
Jiggity is an adjective.

Words near jiggity in the dictionary

  1. jigging
  2. jigging up
  3. jiggingly
  4. jiggings
  5. jiggish
  6. jiggity
  7. jiggle
  8. jiggle key
  9. jiggle keys
  10. jiggle mode
  11. jiggle physics

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