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What does jig mean?

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'Jig' has several distinct uses: 1: a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it; 2: music in three-four time for dancing a jig; 3: dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions; 4: a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water; 5: any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping

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