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Definitions: JIGGING |
JIGGINGNoun1. The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water. Personal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Jig |
Date "JIGGING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1599. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | Particolare attrezzo che rimane il mezzo elettivo x la pesca dei cefalopodi e che in IT non ha un termine definito(fuso, totanara, lontro, amo da calamaro)ed è costituito da un corpo affusolato con 1 o 2 corone di ami incurvati verso l'alto a cui viene trasmesso un movimento oscillatorio. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | First stretch of a wool lot. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The separation of the heavy fractions of an ore from the light fractions by means of a jig. b. Up-and-down motion of a mass of particles in water by means of pulsion. (references) |
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Crosswords: JIGGING |
| English words defined with "JIGGING": Jigging machine ♦ Profiling machine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "JIGGING": backstroke jigging, Belugou imperfection coefficient, Bendelari jig ♦ consolidation trickling ♦ Denver jig ♦ GRINDER II ♦ jigger work, jigging screen ♦ ore separator ♦ pneumatic jig, pulsion stroke ♦ vibrating screen. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Jigging for Lake Trout (1967) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Jigging mackerel over the vessel's rail Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Deck scene on mackerel hand-line schooner Jigging mackerel, slatting in the barrel, throwing toll-bait Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
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| "JIGGING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 84.62% of the time. "JIGGING" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 84.62% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (singular) | 15.38% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "JIGGING": Jigging machine. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
jigging | 28 |
jigging spoon | 8 |
ground jigging squid | 3 |
jigging walleye | 2 |
jigging kokanee | 2 |
jigging lake trout | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "JIGGING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 跳吉 舞 (Jigged). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | jigging. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | jigging. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Jigging. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | verselő, szitálás (bolting, drizzle, screening, sifting), rostálás (bolting, screening, sifting, winnowing), rázó (jogging, shaker), rángó, lengő (flaunting, unbound), fűrészelés, ülepítés (accretion by alluvion, decantation, decanting, sedimentation), ülepítő eljárás, összerázás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | jigging. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 지그춤을 춤. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | skibbyltagh (acrobat, jig, nimble person), daunsey seose as sheese. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iggingjay jigging. (various references) jigging. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"JIGGING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Higging, jaggings, jagin, jiggen, Jiggens, Jinging. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-g-g-i-i-j-n" | |
-4 letters: gig, gin, jig, jin. | |
-5 letters: in. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-g-g-i-i-j-n" | |
+1 letter: jiggling. | |
+2 letters: jiggering. | |
+4 letters: rejiggering. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 49 47 47 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--- .. --. --. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01001001 01000111 01000111 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J I G G I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0049 0047 0047 0049 004E 0047 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)44434141434841 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, kínai, cinese, 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chino |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, danois, dänisch, dán, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, francia, francese, "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francés |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, német, tedesco, 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, alemán |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, húngaro |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, coreano |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portugués |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, inglés |
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