Reel vs. Jig

Reelnoun

A lively dance originating in Scotland; also, the music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.

Reelnoun

A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.

Reelnoun

(textiles) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, —-- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.

Reelnoun

(agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.

Reelnoun

(film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.

Reelverb

To wind on a reel.

Reelverb

To spin or revolve repeatedly.

Reelverb

To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.

Reelverb

To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.

Reelverb

(reel back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly.

Reelverb

To make or cause to reel.

Reelverb

To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.

Reelverb

To be in shock.

Reelverb

(obsolete) To roll.

Reelnoun

A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; - often called Scotch reel.

Reelnoun

A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel.

Reelnoun

A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, - for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.

Reelnoun

A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.

Reelnoun

The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel.

Reelverb

To roll.

Reelverb

To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.

Reelverb

To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.

Reelverb

To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.

Reelnoun

a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector

Reelnoun

music composed for dancing a reel

Reelnoun

winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod

Reelnoun

a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

Reelnoun

a lively dance of Scottish highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps

Reelnoun

an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines

Reelverb

walk as if unable to control one's movements;

Reelverb

revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis;

Reelverb

wind onto or off a reel

Reel

A reel is an object around which a length of another material (usually long and flexible) is wound for storage. Generally a reel has a cylindrical core and walls on the sides to retain the material wound around the core.

Jignoun

(music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.

Jignoun

A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.

Jignoun

A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.

Jignoun

(fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.

Jignoun

A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.

Jignoun

(mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.

Jignoun

(obsolete) A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.

Jignoun

(obsolete) A trick; a prank.

Jignoun

A black person.

Jigverb

To move briskly, especially as a dance.

Jigverb

To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.

Jigverb

(fishing) To fish with a jig.

Jigverb

To sing to the tune of a jig.

Jigverb

To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.

Jigverb

(mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.

Jigverb

To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.

Jignoun

A light, brisk musical movement.

Jignoun

A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.

Jignoun

A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.

Jignoun

A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.

Jignoun

A small machine or handy tool

Jigverb

To sing to the tune of a jig.

Jigverb

To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.

Jigverb

To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.

Jigverb

To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.

Jigverb

To dance a jig; to skip about.

Jigverb

To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.

Jignoun

music in three-four time for dancing a jig

Jignoun

any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping

Jigverb

dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions

Jig

The jig (Irish: port, Scottish Gaelic: port-cruinn) is a form of lively folk dance in compound metre, as well as the accompanying dance tune. It first gained popularity in 16th-century Scotland and Northern England, and was quickly adopted on mainland Europe where it eventually became the final movement of the mature Baroque dance suite (the French gigue; Italian and Spanish giga).