Words that rhyme with gigue

• big 0
  adv 1: extremely well; "his performance went over big" 2: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn: boastfully, vauntingly, big, large] 3: on a grand scale; "think big" [ant: small] 4: in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office" adj 1: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" [syn: large, big] [ant: little, small] 2: significant; "graduation was a big day in his life" 3: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [syn: bad, big] 4: loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds" 5: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: big, large, prominent] 6: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor" [syn: big(a), heavy(a)] 7: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising] 8: feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" [syn: big, swelled, vainglorious] 9: (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" [syn: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup] 10: marked by intense physical force; "a big wind" 11: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" [syn: big, large, magnanimous] 12: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" [syn: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded] 13: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)]
• blitzkrieg 0
  n 1: a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment [syn: blitz, blitzkrieg] v 1: fight a quick and surprising war
• brig 0
  n 1: two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts 2: a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
• colleague 0
  n 1: an associate that one works with [syn: colleague, co- worker, fellow worker, workfellow] 2: a person who is member of one's class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers" [syn: colleague, confrere, fellow]
• dig 0
  n 1: the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig" [syn: dig, excavation, archeological site] 2: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe] 3: a small gouge (as in the cover of a book); "the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover" 4: the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" [syn: excavation, digging, dig] 5: the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs" [syn: dig, jab] v 1: turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" [syn: dig, delve, cut into, turn over] 2: create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel" [syn: dig, dig out] 3: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil] 4: remove, harvest, or recover by digging; "dig salt"; "dig coal" [syn: dig, dig up, dig out] 5: thrust down or into; "dig the oars into the water"; "dig your foot into the floor" 6: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside" [syn: excavate, dig, hollow] 7: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" [syn: jab, prod, stab, poke, dig] 8: get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend]
• fatigue 0
  n 1: temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work; "he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"; "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills"; "weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep" [syn: fatigue, weariness, tiredness] 2: used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress; "metal fatigue" 3: (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; "he was suffering from museum fatigue"; "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"; "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"; "political fatigue" 4: labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on); "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues" [syn: fatigue duty, fatigue] v 1: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" [syn: tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade] 2: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant: freshen, refresh, refreshen]
• fig 0
  n 1: a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2" [syn: figure, fig] 2: Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit [syn: fig, common fig, common fig tree, Ficus carica] 3: a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi [syn: Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, FIG, Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group] 4: fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
• gig 0
  n 1: long and light rowing boat; especially for racing 2: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish [syn: spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance] 3: a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting 4: tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain 5: small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood 6: a booking for musicians; "they played a gig in New Jersey"
• intrigue 0
  n 1: a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends [syn: intrigue, machination] 2: a clandestine love affair v 1: cause to be interested or curious [syn: intrigue, fascinate] 2: form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner [syn: scheme, intrigue, connive]
• jig 0
  n 1: music in three-four time for dancing a jig [syn: jig, gigue] 2: a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water 3: a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it 4: any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping v 1: dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
• league 0
  n 1: an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members [syn: league, conference] 2: an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action 3: an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles) v 1: unite to form a league
• pig 0
  n 1: domestic swine [syn: hog, pig, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa] 2: a coarse obnoxious person [syn: slob, sloven, pig, slovenly person] 3: a person regarded as greedy and pig-like [syn: hog, pig] 4: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig] 5: mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast [syn: pig bed, pig] 6: a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace v 1: live like a pig, in squalor [syn: pig, pig it] 2: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" [syn: devour, guttle, raven, pig] 3: give birth; "sows farrow" [syn: farrow, pig]
• prig 0
  n 1: a person regarded as arrogant and annoying [syn: snob, prig, snot, snoot]
• renege 0
  n 1: the mistake of not following suit when able to do so [syn: revoke, renege] v 1: fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise" [syn: renege, renege on, renegue on, go back on]
• rig 0
  n 1: gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise 2: a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together [syn: trailer truck, tractor trailer, trucking rig, rig, articulated lorry, semi] 3: formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel [syn: rig, rigging] 4: a set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was exceedingly elegant" [syn: outfit, getup, rig, turnout] 5: gear used in fishing [syn: fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig] 6: a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses [syn: carriage, equipage, rig] 7: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" [syn: swindle, cheat, rig] v 1: arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election" [syn: rig, set up] 2: manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices" [syn: rig, manipulate] 3: connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition" 4: equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship" [syn: rig, set, set up]
• sprig 0
  n 1: a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year [syn: branchlet, twig, sprig] 2: an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
• swig 0
  n 1: a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp" [syn: gulp, draft, draught, swig] v 1: strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out" [syn: slug, slog, swig] 2: to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men gulped down their beers" [syn: gulp, quaff, swig]
• trig 0
  adj 1: neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard" [syn: clean-cut, trig, trim] n 1: the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions [syn: trigonometry, trig]
• twig 0
  n 1: a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year [syn: branchlet, twig, sprig] v 1: branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions" 2: understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" [syn: catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it]
• wig 0
  n 1: hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair 2: British slang for a scolding [syn: wig, wigging]
• grieg 0
  n 1: Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907) [syn: Grieg, Edvard Grieg, Edvard Hagerup Grieg]
• overfatigue 0
  v 1: tire excessively [syn: overtire, overweary, overfatigue]
• frigg 0
  n 1: (Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin [syn: Frigg, Frigga]
• whig 0
  n 1: a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories 2: a supporter of the American Revolution 3: a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War
• zig 0
  n 1: an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions [syn: zigzag, zig, zag]
• klieg 0
• grigg 0
• prigge 0
• quigg 0
• isgrigg 0
• mcquigg 0
• figg 0
• figge 0
• knigge 0
• mig 0
• nigg 0
• pigg 0
• sig 0

See also gigue definition