- 1a quick lively dance; the music for this dance an Irish jig
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- 2a device that holds something in position and guides the tools that are working on it a carpenter's jig Idioms
said when someone who has done something wrong is caught and the crime or trick is discovered When they heard the police siren, they knew the jig was up.
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