jiggy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 5
/ˈd͡ʒɪɡi/
Definition of jiggy
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Resembling or suggesting a jig.
“[1916], 2004, Annie Hamilton Donnell, Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1419134671&id=qU0TRF3GqzIC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&sig=omSLlDSrnJuoz4MXcYZv4kmsWCM “He likes jiggy tunes best—please sing him jiggy tunes.””
“[1965] 1997, Alan Lomax, Jean Ritchie, Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0813109272&id=7zF6mDo_GJgC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&sig=Jp2rPhf8QBFjX6DvPObEbPJqmWg We have always known this “little foolish thing”—Dad’s description of “The Swapping Song.” Very often it is used for baby-bouncing, because of its jiggy rhythm.”
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adj
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Resembling or suggesting a jig.
“[1916], 2004, Annie Hamilton Donnell, Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1419134671&id=qU0TRF3GqzIC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&sig=omSLlDSrnJuoz4MXcYZv4kmsWCM “He likes jiggy tunes best—please sing him jiggy tunes.””
“[1965] 1997, Alan Lomax, Jean Ritchie, Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0813109272&id=7zF6mDo_GJgC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&sig=Jp2rPhf8QBFjX6DvPObEbPJqmWg We have always known this “little foolish thing”—Dad’s description of “The Swapping Song.” Very often it is used for baby-bouncing, because of its jiggy rhythm.”
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(slang)Crazy.
“He's gone completely jiggy.”
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(slang)Jittery, fidgety, restless, excited.
“If I was too jiggy to hold the syringe, he'd shoot me up.”
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(slang)Extravagant, wonderful, excellent, enjoyable, exciting, stylish, cool, successful.
“Get yourself some jiggy gear.”
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(slang)Having fun, enjoying oneself totally; losing one's inhibitions, especially when dancing or performing to music.
“Just can't sit Gotta get jiggy wit it”
“Latin groovers get jiggy at the mercury-hot Conga Room on Wilshire Boulevard.”
“When Ally McBeal's writers decided to have […] Calista Flockhart get jiggy with an imaginary dancing baby […]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From jig + -y.
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