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Jig Verb Dʒɪɡ  Word Origin Quick Move Noun

Front jig
Back jig
noun, verb
BrE /dʒɪɡ/
NAmE /dʒɪɡ/
noun
 word origin
1 a quick lively dance; the music for this dance

an Irish jig
2 a device that holds sth in position and guides the tools that are working on it
verb
 verb forms
 word origin
(-gg-) [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sb/sth) (+ adv./prep.)
to move or to make sb/sth move up and down with short quick movements

He jigged up and down with excitement.

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