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gigue
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gigue has 1 sense
- gigue(n = noun.communication) jig - music in three-four time for dancing a jig; Array is a kind of dance music
CIDE DICTIONARY
gigue, n. [F.].
A piece of lively dance music, in two strains which are repeated; also, the dance. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gigue, n.
1 = JIG 1.
2 Mus. a lively dance usu. in a dotted rhythm with two sections each repeated.
1 = JIG 1.
2 Mus. a lively dance usu. in a dotted rhythm with two sections each repeated.
Etymology
F: see JIG(1)
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