string instrument, roughly in the form of a mandoline (c. 1120–50); lively and gay dance originally from the British Isles, gigue, jig; musical melody, to be danced in the way of a gigue; long leg, tall and skinny girl, haunch of some animals especially venison (19th century); disorderly way of dancing (danser la gigue), twerk of the hips (gigue des fesses; early 20th century)