jig
Example Sentences
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Jack danced a jig and sang a song because he wanted to get home even more than he didn’t want to be rescued.
From Literature
They skated clean thereafter and got good scores in their rousing finish – a series of Highland jigs combined with a dance lift - but the damage was done, as their overall technical score suffered greatly.
From BBC
Maresca's relief was palpable as he danced a jubilant jig on the touchline.
From Barron's
On “Jaundice,” a stomping upbeat jig with accordion and saxophone reflecting Mr. Ellis’s interest in older folk forms, each drum hit bursts out of the speakers.
“Even the heavy desk, which always took so much effort for us to move, was jigging up and down like a toy.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
