Word: jig

Category: jig

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Related words: jig

kreg, kreg jig, jig saw, the jig, fishing jig, jig is up, pocket jig, dovetail jig, dovetail, irish jig, crappie jig, jig heads, pocket hole jig

Synonyms: jig

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: jig

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german
Translations:
montagegestell, hilfsmittel
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french
Translations:
gigue, secouer, hocher
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russian
Translations:
сортировать, жига, приманка, кондуктор, шаблон, джига
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finnish
Translations:
pilkki, pilkkiä, juksata
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czech
Translations:
potřásat
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polish
Translations:
imadło, szablon, potrząsać, tańczyć
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hungarian
Translations:
dzsigg, levonókép, kapcsolóhorog, matrica, huncutság, szita, szénmosó, rázógép
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ukrainian
Translations:
мить
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croatian
Translations:
matrica, uzorak
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macedonian
Translations:
гига
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slovenian
Translations:
poskakovat
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slovak
Translations:
hopsať

The meaning and "use of": jig

noun
  • a lively dance with leaping movements. - They twitched, swayed and finally did a lively little jig - but there was no bird in sight.
  • a device that holds a piece of work and guides the tools operating on it. - However, in 2005 the plan calls for production of entirely new-build Vipers for which the company will have to build jigs and tools.
  • a type of artificial bait that is jerked up and down through the water. - The change of pace from topwaters and jigs dredged up memories and fish, good on both counts.
verb
  • dance a jig. - They swapped their heads around and played and partied and danced and jigged and forgot who they were.
  • equip (a factory or workshop) with a jig or jigs. - My personal preference time and time again on my jigging system remains to be Trilene XL.
  • fish with a jig. - a man jigged for squid

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