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Alsoinforms jig-,jeeg- Ant. [gig, dgig.] 1. sb. In comb, (i) Gig-cart, a hght cart made with springs like a gig ; (2) -saddle, the saddle belonging to a set of single-horse carriage or gig harness, as distinguished from the ' cart- saddle ' or ' hackney-saddle.'
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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- gig-lamp63%
(now, _, rare, _, or, _, historical) Either of the lamps on either side of a gig carriage; a headlamp.
- giggit60%
(US, ambitransitive) To convey or move rapidly.
- jinker58%
(AU) A two-wheeled open horse drawn carriage; a sulky, trap, road cart or gig.
- jiggy58%
Resembling or suggesting a jig.
- Giggle58%
Also written gigl- w.Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) ne.Lan.^; jiggle S. & Ork.^Chs.''^ sw.Lin.^ War.^ s.Wor. Shr.^ Cmb. Nrf. Hmp. Amer. ; jigl- Nhp.^ Hnt.; and in forms jeegle Sc. (Jam. Suppl.); jeggle w.Yks.^ [dgi'gl.] 1. v. To jog or shake about; of things : to stand unevenly or crooked. Cf. goggle.