Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to jig
Participle: jigged
Gerund: jigging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | jig |
| you | jig |
| he;she;it | jigs |
| we | jig |
| you | jig |
| they | jig |
Perfect
| I | have jigged |
| you | have jigged |
| he;she;it | has jigged |
| we | have jigged |
| you | have jigged |
| they | have jigged |
Past
| I | jigged |
| you | jigged |
| he;she;it | jigged |
| we | jigged |
| you | jigged |
| they | jigged |
Pluperfect
| I | had jigged |
| you | had jigged |
| he;she;it | had jigged |
| we | had jigged |
| you | had jigged |
| they | had jigged |
Future
| I | will jig |
| you | will jig |
| he;she;it | will jig |
| we | will jig |
| you | will jig |
| they | will jig |
Future Perfect
| I | will have jigged |
| you | will have jigged |
| he;she;it | will have jigged |
| we | will have jigged |
| you | will have jigged |
| they | will have jigged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | jig |
| you | jig |
| he;she;it | jig |
| we | jig |
| you | jig |
| they | jig |
Perfect
| I | have jigged |
| you | have jigged |
| he;she;it | have jigged |
| we | have jigged |
| you | have jigged |
| they | have jigged |
Imperfect
| I | jigged |
| you | jigged |
| he;she;it | jigged |
| we | jigged |
| you | jigged |
| they | jigged |
Pluperfect
| I | had jigged |
| you | had jigged |
| he;she;it | had jigged |
| we | had jigged |
| you | had jigged |
| they | had jigged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would jig |
| you | would jig |
| he;she;it | would jig |
| we | would jig |
| you | would jig |
| they | would jig |
Perfect
| I | would have jigged |
| you | would have jigged |
| he;she;it | would have jigged |
| we | would have jigged |
| you | would have jigged |
| they | would have jigged |
Imperative
| you | jig |
| we | Let's jig |
| you | jig |
Verbs conjugated like 'jig'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'jig'
big,
dig,
fig,
gig,
ig,
jag,
jib,
jip,
jit,
jog,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "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).
2. Unknown. Derivation from Middle English gyge (“fiddle”), from Old French gigue (“a fiddle”) has been proposed, but the connection and sense development are obscure. The sense “a type of dance” of modern French gigue is borrowed from English. See: Middle English '
gyge'.
Sample Sentences
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The guests were jigging around on the dance floor.
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the candle-flame stretched itself tall, and began jigging up and down. [1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles:]
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[…]and the fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking for nothing at all. [1893, Rudyard Kipling, The White Seal:]
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No, my complete master, but to jig off a tune at the tongue’s end, canary to it with your feet, humor it with turning up your eyelids, [c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:]
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Make thy moan to ballad singers and rhymers ; they'll jig out thy wretchedness and abominations to new tunes [1633, Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], Loues Sacrifice. A Tragedie […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Hugh Beeston, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):]