Antonyms for jig

Grammar : Noun

Spell : jig

Phonetic Transcription : dʒɪg

Definition of jig

Origin : "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.

noun trick

Example sentences :

She pushed Rgina gently aside, and the child went on with her jig.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Then he succinctly completed his diagnosis: "His jig is up!"
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

"If he's telling the truth, the jig's about up," said Dr. Bird when the Russian had left.
Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek

Why, big Peter will dance a jig on the kitchen table for joy.
Extract from : « The Two Mittens and the Little Play Mittens » by Frances Elizabeth Barrow

There'll be a snatch or so of fiddlin' that he'll like, to cheer him up, and a jig and a song or so.
Extract from : « The Rainy Day Railroad War » by Holman Day

She began to cripple and jig most painfully for one of her size and dignity.
Extract from : « Little Miss Grouch » by Samuel Hopkins Adams

"When I got your invitation I danced a jig of delight," went on Songbird.
Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle » by Edward Stratemeyer (AKA Arthur M. Winfield)

It shook the saddle like a hopper; and the stirrup danced a jig.
Extract from : « The Wrong Woman » by Charles D. Stewart

From what he hears, or knows, he gathers, that the jig is up.
Extract from : « The Daffodil Mystery » by Edgar Wallace

He was whistling cheerfully, not "Rule, Britannia," but a harmless Irish jig.
Extract from : « General John Regan » by George A. Birmingham

Synonyms for jig

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