Synonyms of jigs

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noun

plural of jig

as in devices

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

okay, buster, the jig is up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devices
• ruses
• schemes
• tricks
• artifices
• stratagems
• sleights of hand
• gambits
• plays
• sleights
• dodges
• wiles
• knacks
• ploys
• gimmicks
• fetches
• shenanigans
• juggles
• bluffs
• crafts
• chicaneries
• feints
• cunnings
• deceptions
• juggleries
• trickeries
• hoaxes
• subterfuges
• duplicities
• flimflams
• gaffs
• end runs
• duperies
• skulduggeries
• smoke screens
• cozenages
• fakeries
• crookeries
• frauds
• skullduggeries
• swindles
• blinds
• legerdemains
• fronts
• shams

jigs

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fidgets
• twitches
• fiddles
• tosses
• jerks
• squirms
• twists
• wiggles
• writhes
• threshes
• shakes
• wriggles
• shivers
• trembles
• jiggles
• thrashes
• squiggles
• flutters
• quivers
• flits
• shudders
• quakes
• paces
• twitters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rests
• relaxes
• calms (down)
• unwinds
• stills