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present participle and gerund of jig examples
plural jiggings
The act of dancing a jig. quotations examples
There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings […]
1837, “Memoirs of Mirabeau”, in The Westminster Review, volume 26, page 436
(mining) The act of using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water. examples