Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to, resembling, or suitable to a jig.
- Given to movements like those of a jig; frisky.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling, or suitable for, a jig, or lively movement.
- adjective rare Playful; frisky.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling, or suitable for, a
jig , or lively movement. - adjective
Playful ;frisky .
Etymologies
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jig + -ish
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Examples
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One visitor to a black tavern in the Five Points heard a hybrid music: “In the Negro melodies you catch a strain of what has been metamorphosed from such Scotch or Irish tune, into somewhat of a chiming jiggish air.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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