What (who) is Jigging - definition

PRACTICE OF FISHING WITH A JIG

Jig (fishing); Jighead

Jigging

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Jig.

II. Jigging ·noun The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.

Jigging

Jigging is the practice of fishing with a jig, a type of fishing lure. A jig consists of a lead sinker with a hook molded into it and usually covered by a soft body to attract fish.

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BARTENDING TOOL

Jigger (disambiguation); Jiggering

(jiggers)

A jigger of a drink such as whisky or gin is the amount of it you are given when you order it in a bar. (mainly AM)

...a jigger of brandy.

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Jigging

Jigging is the practice of fishing with a jig, a type of weighted fishing lure. A jig consists of a heavy metal (typically lead) sinker with an attached fish hook that is usually obscured inside a soft lure or feather-like decorations. Jigs are intended to create a jerky, vertical "jumping" motion to attract fish, as opposed to other common lures like swimbaits, spoons and spinnerbaits, which move through the water more or less horizontally. The jig is very versatile and can be used in both salt and fresh water. Many deeper water fish species are attracted to the lure, which has made it popular among anglers for years.

The jigging technique mainly involves rapid lifting motions of a fishing rod, which jerk the line exert a temporarily upward pull upon the sinking lure. When the target fish is enticed to swallow the lure, the angler then sets the hook to pierce and tether the fish in the mouth. Because the jigs are weighted, a harder-than-usual hookset is often needed to overcome the added weight and provide sufficient momentum to pierce the hook point into the fish mouth. Jigging gears are often involved with the luring of slow moving fish, most commonly during spawning periods. For successful jigging, the jigger needs to use a sensitive rod that is good for feeling a strike, and needs to stay in contact with the lure and get it to where the fish are. Most fish caught by jigs are on or near the bottom.

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Examples of use of Jigging

1. No one was slow dancing with me to Careless Whisper, so I had to make do with jigging en masse to Dexy‘s Midnight Runners‘ Come On Eileen.

2. Abdoulaye Sibawey stood sheltering under his shop‘s corrugated metal roof, chuckling and jigging. ‘It is the only thing that unites us,‘ he said. ‘Football.

3. Am I following a different team?" 1st over: Pakistan 0–0 (Akmal 0, Farhat 0) Hoggard takes the new ball, and already it‘s jigging like Pharrell Williams groin during a funky instrumental.

4. In a wedding video gift to a spokesman, PM Ferenc Gyurcsany does a star turn as Grant, jigging around his room to Jump (For My Love) by the Pointer Sisters.

5. The New York Times‘ Steve Smith hears the violin concerto and writes of "gleefully jigging motifs and bawdy brass outbursts." The Associated Press‘ Martin Steinberg describes "a violent arpeggio" for Bell "that gets the music off and running." The bottom line, as Steinberg puts it, is that "the 15–year–old composer is for real." And yet, even as such accolades fly by, Greenberg concedes, "I actually find it irritating that people are constantly going on" about his age.