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- Dictionaryjig/dʒɪɡ/
noun
- 1. a lively dance with leaping movements.
- 2. a device that holds a piece of work and guides the tool operating on it.
verb
- 1. dance a jig: "he stood up and jigged in the cockpit"
- 2. equip (a factory or workshop) with a jig or jigs: "the floor space was jigged and tooled to produce six fuselages a month"
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noun. : music to which a jig may be danced. : 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.
Jig definition: a plate, box, or open frame for holding work and for guiding a machine tool to the work, used especially for locating and spacing drilled holes; fixture.. See examples of JIG used in a sentence.
A jig is a conceptually looser and more open-ended mechanism, its precision lying in the clarity with which it enables a range of operations.
an energetic, traditional dance of Great Britain and Ireland, or the music that is played for such a dance. (Definition of jig from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
A jig is a lively, festive kind of dance. When you do a jig, you spend a lot of time hopping, kicking, and shuffling your feet. The jig is mainly associated with Ireland and Scotland, and it plays a big role in both traditional Irish dancing and Scottish country dancing.
1. a plate, box, or open frame for holding work and for guiding a machine tool to the work. 2. any of several devices that are jerked up and down in or pulled through the water to attract fish to a line. 3. an apparatus for washing coal or separating ore from gangue by shaking and washing.
A jig is a device for holding and supporting a workpiece in a machine tool and for guiding the cutting tool. Jigs are similar to fixtures, but they not only locate and hold the part but also guide the cutting tools.
a device that holds something in position and guides the tools that are working on it. Definition of jig noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
JIG meaning: 1 : a type of lively dance; 2 : the music played for such a dance.
Jig definition: A joke or trick. Used chiefly in the phrase <i>The jig is up.</i>.
