JIG

noun a small machine or handy tool.

2. jig ·vt to sing to the tune of a jig.

3. jig ·noun a light, brisk musical movement.

4. jig ·vi to dance a jig; to skip about.

5. jig ·noun a piece of sport; a trick; a prank.

6. jig ·noun an apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.

7. jig ·noun to cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.

8. jig ·noun a trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.

9. jig ·vt to sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. ·see jigging, ·noun.

10. jig ·noun a light, humorous piece of writing, ·esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.

11. jig ·add. ·vi to move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.

12. jig ·vt to trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.

13. jig ·noun a contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing.