Jig (disambiguation)
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A jig is a type of folk dance, usually in compound meter.
Jig may also refer to:
in theatre
- Stage-jig, 'dramatic' or 'farce' jig: a short, comic sung-drama featuring dance; a popular afterpiece in the playhouses of 16th and 17th century England, or performed by amateurs and semi-professional performers in the localities.
in computing
- JIG, a Debian GNU/Linux admin package combining the Wajig wrapper and Gnome-jig (gjig) GNOME interface
- Jay Is Games (J.I.G.), a game review website
- Jig is the name of a video game for the Apple Newton Platform
in dancing
- Gigue (Fr.), also giga (It., Sp.), or jig (Eng.) a fast dance movement from the Baroque Suite, which originated from the various folk dances of the British isles knows as "jigs".
in language:
- Jig or Jigging, a slang verb for the act of truancy
- Jig, an ethnic slur for black people
in manufacturing:
- Jig (tool), a device/frame used to control position or motion
- Jigs, various methods of gravity separation in a coal preparation plant
in sport
- Jig, a fishing lure used in the jigging method of fishing (angling)
- "Jig" (as in Jigsaw puzzle), a nickname of Scottish footballer Lee McCulloch
- Jig, an unwanted anxious/restless on the spot trotting motion of a horse
in entertainment
- Jig (film), a 2011 British documentary film
- Jigs (band), a Swedish band
See also
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