Meaning of jiggy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Resembling or suggesting a jig.
2. Crazy.
   slang
3. Jittery, fidgety, restless, excited.
   slang
4. Extravagant, wonderful, excellent, enjoyable, exciting, stylish, cool, successful.
   slang
5. Having fun, enjoying oneself totally; losing one's inhibitions, especially when dancing or performing to music.
   slang

Examples

“[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.”

“Just can't sit Gotta get jiggy wit it”

“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 […]”

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