a fisherman"s lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
Verb:
dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
中英词源
jig 吉格舞,晃动
可能来自中古法语giguer,扭动,跳舞,词源同gig.
jig (n.)
"lively dance," 1560s, perhaps related to Middle French giguer "to dance," or to the source of German Geige "violin." Meaning "piece of sport, trick" is 1590s, now mainly in phrase the jig is up (first attested 1777 as the jig is over). As a verb from 1580s.