jig

Any of various lively dances in triple time.

The music for such a dance.

A joke or trick. Used chiefly in the phrase The jig is up.

A typically metal fishing lure with one or more hooks, usually deployed with a jiggling motion on or near the bottom.

An apparatus for cleaning or separating crushed ore by agitation in water.

A device for guiding a tool or for holding machine work in place.

To dance or play a jig.

To move or bob up and down jerkily and rapidly.

To operate a jig.