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jigging en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Meanings
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The act of dancing a jig.
There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings […]
1837, “Memoirs of Mirabeau”, in The Westminster Review, volume 26, page 436:
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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.
Forms
jigging en · VERB
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of jig
Deriveds
jiggingly