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• He jumped up and danced a little two-step jig and thanked his lucky stars for the come-up.2011, Boston George, Caroline McGill, Soft: Cocaine Love Stories, unnumbered page. From the entry fishscale
• I could be out of debt!" She jumped out of bed and did a little jig.2005, Louise de Teliga, Fashion Slaves. From the entry smackeroonies
• They gillnetted, longlined, jigged, purse seined, and survived in the postwar years of poverty.1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 228. From the entry purse-seine
• Do a jig or a square dance in the large, warehousy space.1990, Paul Deblinger, Culpepper's Minneapolis and Saint Paul, →ISBN, page 176. From the entry warehousy
• Daly came, delved into the old girl's inner works, and had her working in jig time.1917 June 29, Les Enfant, “The Trials of Commuter Jones—a Would-Be Pumber”, in Metal Worker, Pumber, and Steam Fitter, volume 87, number…. From the entry girl
• Meantime, a cotillon had been called for; then followed a jig, in which Proddy and Mrs.1901, William Harrison Ainsworth, The Novels of William Harrison Ainsworth - Volume 5, page 169. From the entry cushion-dance
• On the TV news men in pink and saffron turbans are at the airport, jigging frantically to the music of dhols.2017, Salman Rushdie, The Golden House, Jonathan Cape, published 2017, page 106. From the entry dhol
• The universe works in strange ways: just when you think the jig is up, you get a second chance.2007, Mary Newport, in Jerry Newport and Mary Newport, Mozart and the Whale: An Asperger's Love Story, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 248. From the entry the jig is up
• Now everyone from his table was jigging around in a fearful, nervous rugbylike scrum, while people from other tables were rushing over to shout suggestions.2018, Laura Childs, Pekoe Most Poison, Penguin, →ISBN, page 10. From the entry rugbylike
• He was a fancy stepper, and no doubt he figured that a good jig dance would improve his chances with Sis Hartnett.2015, J Washburn, Line Rider: An Arizona Ranger's True Story of Indians. From the entry stepper
• Fletching jigs are available either as a single fletch unit or as a multi-fletcher, which can fletch up to six arrows at once.2014, Brian J. Sorrells, Guide to the Longbow: Tips, Advice, and History for Target Shooting and Hunting. From the entry fletcher
• The woman then looked directly at the angler and sweetly said, "Oopsy." She then bent over and deposited his jigs into her tackle bag.2007, Jeff Rowland, The Reel Adventures of a Marion County Angler. From the entry oopsy
• He had resolved not to segue into the jig he used to do in the "cloops" because his singing was the issue here.1999, Alvin Yudkoff, “1940: New York”, in Gene Kelly: A Life of Dance and Dreams, New York, N.Y.: Back Stage Books, →ISBN, page 77. From the entry cloop
• Arms are raised, the cheers are deafening, the pipes turn to a strathspey and a whole section of the crowd launches into a mad jig.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 239. From the entry strathspey
• The next essential part of this semi-homemade process is a quantity of moist earth for banking around the jig while the metal is being poured.1922, The Blacksmith & Wheelwright - Volumes 85-86, page 28. From the entry semi-homemade
• Whether it was the stately tinternell or the exuberant jig, dancing was considered a healthy recreation for the mind and exercise for the body during the Elizabethan era.2015, Jodie Gould, High: 6 Principles for Guilt-Free Pleasure and Escape. From the entry tinternell
• When the moment came, the carts would be driven out from under the prisoners, leaving them dancing the Tyburn jig, their legs paddling helplessly in the air.2010 January 12, Sara Starbuck, Dread Pirate Fleur and the Hangman's Noose, page 342. From the entry dance
• Chris used a spinning rod with a green-and-white bucktail jig while I cast a chartreuse Angel Hair and white-bucktail Clouser minnow with my 8-weight fly rod.2007 June 23, Norm Zeigler, “The Low-Profile Westport River Offers a High Yield of Fish”, in New York Times. From the entry bucktail
• Getting into a good jigging rhythm means making short quick jerks in a regular cadence that might average about one jerk every 1.5 to 2 seconds.1993, Ken Schultz, “Terror of the deep”, in Field and Stream, volume 98, number 5, page 102. From the entry cadence
• The pirk or diamond jig is an equally basic lure which can be extremely good for cod and pollack, and when baited for ling and halibut.1987, Keith Gardner, The Complete Book of Fishing: A Guide to Freshwater, Saltwater & Big-game Fishing. From the entry pirk
• I prefer to have a range of thee different sizes and colours in squid jigs, but you could also try using squid fish spikes and put a pilly on it.2011, Gary Brown, How to Catch Australia's Favourite Saltwater Fish, page 62. From the entry pilly
• I wouldn't think twice about taking off my trousers and putting on the miniest kilt imaginable and dancing a lively Scottish jig in the centre of any big, crowded place!2004, Eugene Tuohy, A Favour Off the Dead, page 126. From the entry miniest
• Every forty-five minutes occurred A Laugh, selected sea-chanties were alternately mumbled and roared, and the saddest intermission orchestra I have ever heard fiddled jigs and reels to a rockabye tempo.1943, Kappo Phelan, The Commonweal, page 305. From the entry rockabye

Meaning of jig

1. noun A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
2. noun 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.
3. noun A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.

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How do you use jig in a sentence?

Jig is used as a noun and verb. For example: “They danced a jig.”

What is a short sentence with jig?

“They danced a jig.”

What does jig mean?

Jig means a light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.