Definitions
any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
Word origin
Unknown. Derivation from Middle English gyge (“fiddle”), from Old French gigue (“a fiddle”) has been proposed, but the connection and sense development are obscure. The sense “a type of dance” of modern French gigue is borrowed from English.
Used in a sentence
“They danced a jig.”
“Soon Marshall is doing an elaborate foot-to-foot jig, and then they're all bounding around. Shoulder dips. Yee-ha faces. It's an impromptu hoedown.”
“Cutting circles out of pinewood is best done with a compass-style jig.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Lively dance”3 letters
02“quick dance”3 letters
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