JIG

I. noun Etymology: perhaps from Middle French giguer to frolic, from gigue fiddle, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German gīga fiddle; akin to Old Norse geiga to turn aside Date: circa 1560 1. any of several lively springy dances in triple rhythm, music to which a ~ may be danced, trick , game , 3. any of several fishing devices that are jerked up and down or drawn through the water, a device used to maintain mechanically the correct positional relationship between a piece of work and the tool or between parts of work during assembly, a device in which crushed ore is concentrated or coal is cleaned by agitating in water, II. verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1604 intransitive verb 1. to move with rapid jerky motions, to dance a ~, to fish with a ~, transitive verb to dance in the rapid lively manner of a ~, 2. to give a rapid jerky motion to, to separate (a mineral or ore from waste) with a ~, to catch (a fish) with a ~, to machine by means of a ~-controlled tool operation, III. noun Etymology: short for ~aboo black person Date: 1927 black 4