JIGS Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

jigs 1 of 2

noun

plural of jig

as in devices

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end okay, buster, the jig is up

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2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of jig

as in fidgets

to make jerky or restless movements the mother could tell that her little boy had to use the bathroom because he was jigging

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Boeing would have to find out what tooling still exists, rebuild jigs and dies, locate or replace hundreds of suppliers, requalify manufacturing processes, recruit specialist workers, and possibly redesign components that are no longer available. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026 The gimbal-mounted camera can also respond to your gestures like a friendly robot with nods and little jigs. — New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026 By publishing interface dimensions for custom jigs and providing a software SDK, Morpho allows users and partners to design their own fixtures, create custom workflows, and extend the machine for new applications. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 20 July 2026 Use marabou jigs, jigs tipped with one- to two-inch minnows and spoons for combing these deeper areas. — John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026 The Emirates turned into a stage for unfettered jigs, pogos, salsas — whatever your dancing capabilities, anything went down a treat — as a club turned up the music and danced as one. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 6 May 2026 Stripers in summer are too deep to reach with anything besides heavy jigs on downriggers. — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026 When a whitefish would circle our jigs, a loud crack would scare the skittish fish away. — Robert Annis, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026 Nunn provided derby participants with details on favorable trout rigs and bait, including Carolina rigs, PowerBait, mini jigs and spinners. — Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026

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Noun

Every transformer on the grid—from the cylinders perched on utility lines to the big spiky devices at substations—trades voltage for current at a fixed ratio.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Within a day, the researcher began seeing active scanning of the simulated Plex server and eventually successful attempts to infect devices.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of devices

Noun

There’s a delightful secret history of Hollywood directors whose ruses and stratagems bought them an unusual amount of leeway with their scripts.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
Even before pro-party AI ruses were possible, the Chinese government and its supporters flooded social media with pro-China propaganda and vicious attacks on critics.

— Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of ruses

Verb

Persistent muscle twitches Everyone’s muscles twitch from time to time, usually at various locations.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
Some devices, for example, track eye movements or other small muscle twitches to let users select words from a screen.

— Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2025

Definition of twitches

Noun

Spoelstra finished tied with Houston’s Ime Udoka with the second-most votes (10%) as the head coach who has the best defensive schemes.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
While both players moved around sometimes in their respective schemes, Shipp and Glasker do most of their damage as outside receivers.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of schemes

Verb

A student tosses a metal barrier during a protest at Strasbourg University in eastern France on Friday.

— Reuters, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
Love finished 16 of 29 for 145 yards with TD tosses to Christian Watson and MarShawn Lloyd for the Packers, whose six-game skid — including the playoffs — was their longest since dropping seven in a row spanning the 1990 and 1991 seasons.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

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