Jiffy, jif′fi, n. (coll.) an instant.
Jig, jig, n. a quick, lively tune: a quick dance suited to the tune.—v.i. to dance a jig:—pr.p. jig′ging; pa.p. jigged.—adj. Jig′gish. [O. Fr. gige, gigue, a stringed instrument—Teut.; Ger. geige; cf. gig.]
Jigamaree, jig-a-ma-rē′, n. anything the name of which one forgets, a thingumbob.—Also Jig′gumbob.
Jigger, jig′gėr, n. a corruption of chigoe.
Jigger, jig′gėr, n. anything that jigs: one of many kinds of subsidiary appliances, as an apparatus for separating ores by jolting in sieves in water, a simple potter's wheel or a template or profile used with it, a warehouse crane, the bridge or rest for the cue in billiards: an old-fashioned sloop-rigged boat: a one-horse street car: a machine for exhibiting on a dial at once the prices at which sales are made, controlled by electric mechanism with a key-board: (slang) a drink of whisky.—v.t. to jerk or shake.
Jiggered, jig′ėrd, p.adj. a meaningless and needless substitute for a profane oath.
Jigging, jig′ing, n. in mining, the process of separating ore by means of a wire-bottomed sieve moved up and down in water.
Jigjog, jig′jog, n. a jolting motion, a jog.—Also Jick′ajog, Jig′ajog. [Reduplicated form of jog.]
Jigot, jig′ot, n. a leg of mutton. See Gigot.
Jill, jil, n. Same as Gill.