Synonyms of jigs

jigs 1 of 2

noun

plural of jig

as in devices

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

okay, buster, the jig is up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devices
• ruses
• schemes
• tricks
• artifices
• stratagems
• sleights of hand
• gambits
• plays
• sleights
• dodges
• wiles
• knacks
• ploys
• gimmicks
• fetches
• shenanigans
• juggles
• bluffs
• crafts
• chicaneries
• feints
• cunnings
• deceptions
• juggleries
• trickeries
• hoaxes
• subterfuges
• duplicities
• flimflams
• gaffs
• end runs
• duperies
• skulduggeries
• smoke screens
• cozenages
• fakeries
• crookeries
• frauds
• swindles
• blinds
• legerdemains
• fronts
• shams

jigs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of jig

as in fidgets

to make jerky or restless movements

the mother could tell that her little boy had to use the bathroom because he was jigging

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fidgets
• twitches
• fiddles
• tosses
• jerks
• squirms
• twists
• wiggles
• writhes
• threshes
• shakes
• wriggles
• shivers
• trembles
• jiggles
• thrashes
• squiggles
• flutters
• quivers
• flits
• shudders
• quakes
• paces
• twitters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rests
• relaxes
• calms (down)
• unwinds
• stills

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jigs

Noun

Use marabou jigs, jigs tipped with one- to two-inch minnows and spoons for combing these deeper areas. — John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026

The Emirates turned into a stage for unfettered jigs, pogos, salsas — whatever your dancing capabilities, anything went down a treat — as a club turned up the music and danced as one. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 6 May 2026

Stripers in summer are too deep to reach with anything besides heavy jigs on downriggers. — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026

When a whitefish would circle our jigs, a loud crack would scare the skittish fish away. — Robert Annis, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026

Nunn provided derby participants with details on favorable trout rigs and bait, including Carolina rigs, PowerBait, mini jigs and spinners. — Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026

And making and swapping jigs for every shape and size to reproduce items over and over gets really old, really fast. — New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2025

Underneath this Adam Sandler comedy’s goofy jigs and fart jokes is a compilation of emotional horrors as potent as any jump scare. — The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025

When the surface bite slows, Zaremba switches to bucktail jigs and Rat-L-Traps, which can be worked deeper. — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025