1. music in three-four time for dancing a jig • Syn: gigue • Hypernyms: dance music 2. a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water • Hypernyms: fisherman's lure, fish lure 3. a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it • Hypernyms: device 4. any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping • Hypernyms: folk dancing, folk dance