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27 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • jig n. (Music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
  • jig n. (Traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single…
  • jig n. (Traditional English Morris dancing) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as…
  • jig n. (Fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
  • jig n. A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path…
  • jig n. (Mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
  • jig n. (Obsolete) A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
  • jig n. (Obsolete) A trick; a prank.
  • jig v. To move briskly, especially as a dance.
  • jig v. To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
  • jig v. (Fishing) To fish with a jig.
  • jig v. To sing to the tune of a jig.
  • jig v. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
  • jig v. (Mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
  • jig v. To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
  • jig n. (US, offensive, slang, dated, ethnic slur) A black person.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Romanian
    • jig n. Obsolete form of jeg.
  • Westrobothnian
    • jig pron. First person singular pronoun; I (plural ve).
— English word, defined in Dutch —
  • jig n. (Dans) gigue een oude Schotse dans en muziek in driedelige maat (6/8).
— English words, defined in French —
  • jig n. (Danse) Gigue.
  • jig n. (Industrie) Gabarit, outil pour placer, aligner, ou guider quelque chose précisément.
  • jig n. (Pêche) Jig (leurre).
  • jig v. Danser, giguer vivement.
  • jig v. (Pêche) Pêcher avec un jig.
  • jig n. (Argot) (Péjoratif) Noir, Noire.
— English word, defined in Spanish —
  • jig s. Baile.
— English word, defined in Italian —
  • jig s. Giga, danza irlandese.
101 English words from 18 English definitions

and apparatus ballad black body bright brisk briskly cajole cheat colorful consisting consisting␣of controlling creative cut dance dancers dancing dated delude device double endeavors English especially ethnic farce First First␣person fish Fishing for form gigue hook humorous individual into Irish jeg jerks jig jigger jigging light lively location lure machine manufacturing metal Mining molded Morris Morris␣dancing move movement music musical Obsolete of␣a offensive one ore other path performed person piece plural prank pronoun rhyme rhythm separate sieve sing single singular skip slang slip slur sometimes sort the to␣the to␣the␣tune␣of Traditional trick tune two type usually verse vibrations weight with woodworking writing

15 English words from 9 foreign definitions

aligner Argot Baile chose dans Danser danza een gigue guider jig maat Noir placer pour

20 foreign words from 9 foreign definitions

avec Danse Gabarit Giga giguer Industrie irlandese leurre muziek Noire oude outil Pêche Pêcher Péjoratif précisément quelque quelque␣chose Schotse vivement

108 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

jigo jigs jiggy jigha Jigna jigos jigot jig␣up Jigawa jigged jiggeh jigger jigget jiggle jiggly jiggot jigida jigjig jig-jig jigjog jigman jigmen Jignas jigots jigpin jigsaw jig␣saw jigs␣up jigaboo jigajig jiggehs jiggers jiggets jiggety jigging jiggish jiggity jiggled jiggler jiggles jiggots jighead jigidas jiglike jigpins jigsawn jigsaws jig␣saws jigtime Jigyasa +58 words

49 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

jjigae rejigs adjiger Cajigas outjigs adjigers Borjigin dojigger get␣jiggy kajigger rejigged rejigger rejiggle Cajigases dojiggers doojigger drill␣jigs kajiggers outjigged rejiggers rejigging rejiggled rejiggles doojiggers jigga-jigga jiggy-jiggy jiggy␣jiggy outjigging rejiggered rejiggings rejiggling rigamajigs the␣jig␣is␣up budae␣jjigae flitterjigs one's␣jig␣is␣up rejiggering mouse␣jiggler thingamajigs thingamyjigs thingumajigs thingymajigs mouse␣jigglers thingamajiggy thingummajigs thingummyjigs thingamajigger thingamajiggers thingamajiggies

17 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

rejig jigjig jig-jig outjig jigajig drill␣jig rigamajig thingmajig hangman's␣jig thingamajig thingamyjig thingumajig thingymajig thingummajig thingummyjig dance␣the␣hempen␣jig dance␣the␣Tyburn␣jig

9 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

goji JBIG JFGI jigo jigs jing Jing jogi Jogi

15 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

gi GI G.I. G.␣I. gj GJ ig Ig IG IJ JG j.g. Ji JI -ji

61 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AiG AIG big BIG cig dig dIG DIG fig Fig fig. gig jag Jag JAG Jdg. jeg Jia JIA jib JIC jif JIF jim Jim jin Jin jip JIS jit JIT jiu jog jpg Jpg JPG JRG jug lig lig. Mig MiG MIG nig OIG pig pIg Pig PIG rig sig Sig SIG tig TIG vig Vig wig WIG YIG zig

8 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ig Ig IG JG j.g. Ji JI -ji

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

JBIG jing Jing


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