as in devices
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end
okay, buster, the jig is up
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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
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Recent Examples of jigs
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.
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Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
Stripers in summer are too deep to reach with anything besides heavy jigs on downriggers.
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Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
When a whitefish would circle our jigs, a loud crack would scare the skittish fish away.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
Use marabou jigs, jigs tipped with one- to two-inch minnows and spoons for combing these deeper areas.
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jigs
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At one point, Jessie befriends a gang of tech toys that includes a low-tech potty-training product named Smarty Pants, along with GPS and camera devices Atlas and Snappy.
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The suspects arrested allegedly planned to target senior government officials with small, armed drones; no devices were launched.
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The man fidgets, shifts around in his seat and fixates on Zarutska before pulling out a small knife and striking her multiple times around her neck.
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They are accused of using several ruses to force their way into people’s homes, assaulting unsuspecting residents and holding them hostage for their own money, and demanding access to their crypto accounts.
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Kids will quickly see through her ruses.
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Persistent muscle twitches Everyone’s muscles twitch from time to time, usually at various locations.
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Some devices, for example, track eye movements or other small muscle twitches to let users select words from a screen.
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Federal authorities on Tuesday charged 10 Southern California defendants in a series of healthcare fraud schemes, including one case involving nearly $270 million in fraudulent Medi-Cal claims and another that allegedly defrauded Medicare out of approximately $27 million.
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As contemporary home designs fade the visual bounds between interior and exterior, design pros are calling on lighting designers to illuminate their clients’ landscapes, with schemes that provide everything from safety to spectacle.
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The contract model means that when Congress fiddles, it isn’t impacted.
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Meanwhile, Congress fiddles while structural defects in Medicare and Social Security threaten to engulf the programs.
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Yamal’s flicks and tricks in his 45-minute appearance were almost enough to make memories for life, while Oyarzabal should have completed his hat-trick (both players would be substituted at the break).
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Vinícius Júnior’s extensive and varied skill set includes blinding speed, dazzling dribbling tricks, and the ability to effortlessly slip past defenders.
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The unanimous appeals court decision tosses a February district court ruling that ordered the National Parks Service (NPS) to restore the panels that were removed from the site.
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His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.
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