What does jiggy mean?
Jiggy means Resembling or suggesting a jig..
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/ˈd͡ʒɪɡi/ · adjective
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.
He's gone completely jiggy.
If I was too jiggy to hold the syringe, he'd shoot me up.
Get yourself some jiggy gear.
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 […]
Just can't sit Gotta get jiggy wit it
Use jiggy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Jiggy means Resembling or suggesting a jig..
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[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.”
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