Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - jig
Jig
jig
n. & v. --n. 1 a a lively dance with leaping movements. b the music for this, usu. in triple time. 2 a device that holds a piece of work and guides the tools operating on it. --v. (jigged, jigging) 1 intr. dance a jig. 2 tr. & intr. move quickly and jerkily up and down. 3 tr. work on or equip with a jig or jigs. Phrases and idioms jig about fidget. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn.
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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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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