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jig
"lively dance," c.1560, perhaps related to M.Fr.
giguer
"to dance," or to the source of Ger.
Geige
"violin." Meaning "piece of sport, trick" is 1592, now mainly in phrase
the jig is up
(first attested 1777 as
the jig is over
).
