The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jig \Jig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Jigging.]
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To sing to the tune of a jig.
Jig off a tune at the tongue's end.
--Shak. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
--Ford.(Mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
(Metal Working) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
Jigging \Jig"ging\, n. (Mining) The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water. Jigging machine.
(Mining) A machine for separating ore by the process of jigging.
(Metal Working) A machine with a rotary milling cutter and a template by which the action of the cutter is guided or limited; -- used for forming the profile of an irregularly shaped piece; a profiling machine.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of dancing a jig. 2 (context mining English) The act of using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water. vb. (present participle of jig English)
WordNet
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Wikipedia
Jigging is the practice of fishing with a jig, a type of fishing lure. A jig consists of a lead sinker with a hook molded into it and usually covered by a soft body to attract fish. Jigs are intended to create a jerky, vertical motion, as opposed to spinnerbaits which move through the water horizontally. The jig is very versatile and can be used in both salt and fresh water. Many species are attracted to the lure which has made it popular among anglers for years. For successful jigging, the jigger needs to use a rod which is good for feeling a strike, and needs to stay in contact with the lure and get it to where the fish are. Most fish caught by jigs are on or near the bottom.
Usage examples of "jigging".
It made him so happy that he began to dance a reel, there in the middle of the mud road, whistling the tune and jigging around in a circle.
With a toss of his head he laughed aloud, jigging a few steps of a dance right there near the woodshed.
She had just reached the flower garden by the front gates when her grey gnome appeared, waving its arms in excitement and jigging up and down.
As they all waited out in the lamp-lit courtyard for the horses to be brought round, Salamander was beside himself, practically jigging where he stood.
David walked in the bright moonlight and saw the lights in the cottages and heard laughter and a jigging of fiddles, he did not find it in his heart to condemn the ancient fashions.
When I heard the porch door slam I waited until I saw her toiling up the road, the lumpy cardigan over one arm and the handbag jigging on its strap.
I cautiously open the door and see that Duane in fury appears to be reduced in size, a small square jigging knot of red-faced anger.
True, there had been a profusion of high swirling skirts and an array of pretty, nyloned legs, all to the accompaniment of noisy encouragement from the young men and growing boys jigging in concert with the girls.
He caught sight of Farrell and called to him, beckoning over the dozen cowls, plumed berets, and steepled hennins jigging between them.
It protected you from the mermaid magic and let us stop dancing while Carole was still jigging the mermaids about.
He tied the lead sinker and the stout treble fish hook to the end and lowered it into the crack, Patiently he worked, jigging the hook along the depth of the crack while Hendrick squatted in the small strip of shade under the summit boulders and watched him without offering encouragement.
She was properly dressed in rags and shoddy boots, jigging in her eagerness to move along.
But then, it's hard to be gloomy with a fiddle and mandolin belting out reels, and dancers jigging up and down like Nijinsky with a neurological disorder.
I was sitting in my dory jigging for eels a little distance down from the Creek House fence right at the mouth of Salt Creek.
Moving to and fro with strained exertion, jabbering the while, they were, with their swaying bodies, black faces, and glowing eyes, like strange and ugly fiends jigging heavily in the smoke.