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jiggy

/ˈd͡ʒɪɡi/

jiggy adjective: resembling or suggesting a jig.

Adjective

jiggy (comparative more jiggy or jiggier, superlative most jiggy or jiggiest)

  1. Resembling or suggesting a jig.
    • [1916], 2004, Annie Hamilton Donnell, Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1419134671&id=qU0TRF3GqzIC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&sig=omSLlDSrnJuoz4MXcYZv4kmsWCM
      “He likes jiggy tunes best—please sing him jiggy tunes.”
    • [1965] 1997, Alan Lomax, Jean Ritchie, Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0813109272&id=7zF6mDo_GJgC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&sig=Jp2rPhf8QBFjX6DvPObEbPJqmWg
      We have always known this “little foolish thing”—Dad’s description of “The Swapping Song.”...
  2. (slang) Crazy.
    • He's gone completely jiggy.
  3. (slang) Jittery, fidgety, restless, excited.
    • If I was too jiggy to hold the syringe, he'd shoot me up.1989. Radford & Crowley, Drug Agent
  4. (slang) Extravagant, wonderful, excellent, enjoyable, exciting, stylish, cool, successful.
    • Get yourself some jiggy gear.
  5. (slang) Having fun, enjoying oneself totally; losing one's inhibitions, especially when dancing or performing to music.
    • Just can't sit
      Gotta get jiggy wit it1997-1998, “Gettin' Jiggy Wit It”, performed by Will Smith
    • Latin groovers get jiggy at the mercury-hot Conga Room on Wilshire Boulevard.1998. L.A. Times

Forms of jiggy

comparativemore jiggy
comparativejiggier
superlativemost jiggy
superlativejiggiest

Origin of jiggy

From jig + -y.

Words formed from jiggy

Words that rhyme with jiggy

Questions about jiggy

What does jiggy mean?
Jiggy means resembling or suggesting a jig.
What part of speech is jiggy?
Jiggy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce jiggy?
Jiggy is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪɡi/.

Words near jiggy in the dictionary

  1. Jiggs dinner
  2. Jiggs supper
  3. Jiggs suppers
  4. jiggumbob
  5. jiggumbobs
  6. jiggy
  7. jiggy jiggy
  8. jiggy-jiggy
  9. jigha
  10. jighead
  11. jigheads

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