Jig

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 56

jig, n. a quick, lively tune: a quick dance suited to the tune.— v.i. to dance a jig:— pr.p. jig′ging; pa.p. jigged.— adj. Jig′gish . [O. Fr. gige , gigue , a stringed instrument—Teut.; Ger. geige ; cf. gig .]