Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See jig1.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See jig.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A piece of lively dance music, in two strains which are repeated; also, the dance.
WordNet 3.0
- n. music in three-four time for dancing a jig
Etymologies
- French, probably from jig1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Prologues and epilogues have become my specialty—and then a gigue in my breeches, naturellement.”
“Somehow, at the end of the play she is revived sufficiently to dance a gigue in her breeches, à la myself.”
“Beth played exquisitely and taught me the latest French gigue, much more complicated, with a very quick capriole in the first pass.”
“She braced herself in the doorway with her hands and legs as the earth began an insane gigue.”
“That wonder of mine which I first experienced during my long stay in London was repeated that night by my guests, yet on this occasion the most astonished was Jan, who almost danced a gigue around the object, such was his delight.”
“February 29, 2008 at 10:34 am but teh gigue, allemande, corante adn bouray are dance musik!”
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“The only way to do that was to reconstruct the gigue, she said.”
“John Raymond, a viol player and assistant curator at the university's instrument collection, said that when he played the gigue the significance of the flat bridge and high strings became apparent.”
“The gigue is believed to be an ancestor of the violin, and was played by troubadours to accompany dance, song and poetry at northern European courts.”
“Music progressed after 1325 and I don't think the gigue could support it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gigue’.
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MUSIC - dance styles
A list generated by Phrontistery
http://phrontistery.info/dance.html
which I wanted to have along with my own lists on Wordnikallemande, beguine, bergamask, bolero, bossa-nova, boston, bourrée, bransle, buck-and-wing, cabriole, cakewalk, canary and 93 more...
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phrontistery - g
from phrontistery.info
gabardine, gabbart, gabble, gabbro, gabelle, gabion, gablock, gad, gadarene, gadoid, gadroon, gadzookery and 439 more...
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Redundancing
The Moves. Do~do~ditty!
tango, bolero, cha cha, foxtrot, foxtantino, hip hop, hustle, jive, merengue, two step, paso doble, quickstep and 219 more...
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Musical words
nocturne, flat, sharp, waltz, etude, opera, soprano, alto, tenor, bass, cello, flute and 131 more...
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Favorite Five-Letter Words
Just what it sounds like. My favorites. Five letters.
ennui, barfy, samba, schwa, beefy, chunk, queef, spasm, skulk, bowel, elbow, fruit and 235 more...
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the Island of the Day Before
phoebus, promontory, succor, indite, sickle, cerulean, tenebrous, specter, bastion, clemency, miasma, nocturlabe and 112 more...
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Words I Learned on FreeRice.com
A place for me to keep all these weird words, whether I guessed them correctly or not.
pennoncel, serval, tautological, redact, ganef, candent, shaitan, bifid, osteal, ensiform, helve, ecdysis and 100 more...
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Beautiful Music
a cappella, accelerando, accompagnato, adagio, ad libitum, agitato, aleatory, alla breve, allegro, allemande, alto, andante and 548 more...
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
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Dance Magic Dance
Styles of dance
ballet, tango, waltz, salsa, polka, swing, charleston, foxtrot, jitterbug, tap, quickstep, mambo and 101 more...
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Musical Encirclement
harmony, dissonance, dissonant, lyric, hymn, melody, nocturne, rhythm, sonorous, dissonant, caterwaul, concertina and 11 more...
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Music Terms
major third, minor third, staccato, power pop, adagio, largo, vivace, choral, adantino, andante, allegretto, air and 7 more...
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new from freerice
Words that http://www.freerice.com taught me
alate, anserine, fetor, adipose, ratiocination, frangible, pergola, analeptic, carom, dudeen, testaceous, sudorific and 23 more...
Tweets
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